Defect evolution in cosmology and condensed matter : quantitative analysis with the velocity-dependent one-scale model
Title:
Defect evolution in cosmology and condensed matter : quantitative analysis with the velocity-dependent one-scale model
Author:
Martins, C. J. A. P., (Carlos J. A. P.)
ISBN:
9783319445519
Publication Information:
Switzerland : Springer, c2016.
Physical Description:
ix, 118 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Series:
SpringerBriefs in physics
SpringerBriefs in physics.
Series Title:
SpringerBriefs in physics
SpringerBriefs in physics.
Contents:
Introduction to Defects -- Cosmic Strings -- Domain Walls -- The Rest of the Zoo -- Model Extensions -- Defects in condensed matter.
Abstract:
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.
Subject:
| Cosmology. |
| Condensed matter. |
| Deviation (Mathematics) |
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.