Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter : Quantitative Analysis with the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model / by C.J.A.P. Martins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martins, C.J.A.P., Author.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Physics, 2191-5423

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Phase transformations (Statistical physics).

Physics.

Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.

Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks.

Local Subjects:

Cosmology.

Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.

Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

This book sheds new light on topological defects in widely differing systems, using the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model to better understand their evolution. Topological defects – cosmic strings, monopoles, domain walls or others - necessarily form at cosmological (and condensed matter) phase transitions. If they are stable and long-lived they will be fossil relics of higher-energy physics. Understanding their behaviour and consequences is a key part of any serious attempt to understand the universe, and this requires modelling their evolution. The velocity-dependent one-scale model is the only fully quantitative model of defect network evolution, and the canonical model in the field. This book provides a review of the model, explaining its physical content and describing its broad range of applicability.

Contents:

Introduction to Defects

Cosmic Strings

Domain Walls

The Rest of the Zoo

Model Extensions

Defects in condensed matter.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

3-319-44553-7