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

• Autore: Martins C.J.A.P
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (124 p.)
• Disciplina: 530
• Soggetto topico: Cosmology; Phase transitions (Statistical physics); Physics; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems; Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to Defects -- Cosmic Strings -- Domain Walls -- The Rest of the Zoo -- Model Extensions -- Defects in condensed matter.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter
• ISBN: 3-319-44553-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910739434903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SpringerBriefs in Physics, . 2191-5423