Formation and Interactions of Topological Defects

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Phase Transitions in the Early Universe and Defect Formation; T.W.B. Kibble. The Topological Classification of Defects; M. Kleman. Introduction to Growth Kinetics Problems; G.F. Mazenko. Dynamics of Cosmological Phase Transitions: What Can We Learn from Condensed Matter Physics? N. Goldenfeld. Topological Defects and Phase Ordering Dynamics; A.J. Bray. The Production of Strings and Monopoles at Phase Transitions; R.J Rivers, T.S. Evans. Geometry of Defect Scattering; N.S. Manton. Theory of Fluctuating Nonholonomic Fields and Applications: Statistical Mechanics of Vortices and Defects and New Physical Laws in Spaces with Curvature and Torsion; H. Kleinert. String Network Evolution; E.P.S. Shellard. Global Field Dynamics and Cosmological Structure Formation; R. Durrer. Electroweak Baryogenesis; N.G. Turok. Dynamics of Cosmic Strings and Other Brane Models; B. Carter. Cosmological Experiments in Superfluids and Superconductors; W. Zurek. Cosmological Experiments in Liquid 4He-Problems and Prospects; P.C. Hendry et al. Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: NATO Advanced Study Institute on Formation and Interactions of Topological Defects, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Mitarbeit: Robert Brandenberger (Herausgeber), Robert Brandenburger (Herausgeber), Anne Christine Davis (Herausgeber), Anne-Christine Davis (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.10.1995
• EAN: 9780306451164
• ISBN: 978-0-306-45116-4
• Seiten: 397
• Abmessung: 171 mm x 258 mm x 22 mm
• Gewicht: 850 g
• Illustration: Illustr.
• Serien: Nato Science Series B: NATO Science Series B: Physics
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Physik, Astronomie > Astronomie