Topological Defects and the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Symmetry Breaking Phase Transitions (NATO Science Series C: (closed))
Contributors: Yuriy M. Bunkov (Editor); Henri Godfrin (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 29, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780792362043
Subjects: Cosmology & the universe; States of matter; Solid State Physics; Phase transformations (Statist; Statistical Physics; Symmetry (Physics); Science; Science/Mathematics; Phase transformations (Statistical physics); General; Topology - General; Science / Relativity; Topology; Broken symmetry (Physics); Astronomy - General; Cosmology; Physics; Congresses
First sentence: The study of topological defects in the early Universe has long been a very interdisciplinary field, on the interface between particle physics and cosmology.