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Formation and Interactions of Topological Defects

Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Formation and Interactions of Topological Defects, held August 22–September 2, 1994, in Cambridge, England

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1995

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  1. Anne-Christine Davis

    1. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

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  2. Robert Brandenberger

    1. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 349)

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Table of contents (14 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Phase Transitions in the Early Universe and Defect Formation

    • T. W. B. Kibble
    Pages 1-26

  3. The Topological Classification of Defects

    • Maurice Kleman
    Pages 27-61

  4. Introduction to Growth Kinetics Problems

    • Gene F. Mazenko
    Pages 63-92

  5. Dynamics of Cosmological phase transitions: What can we learn from condensed matter physics?

    • Nigel Goldenfeld
    Pages 93-104

  6. Topological Defects and Phase Ordering Dynamics

    • A. J. Bray
    Pages 105-138

  7. The Production of Strings And Monopoles at Phase Transitions

    • R. J. Rivers, T. S. Evans
    Pages 139-182

  8. Geometry of Defect Scattering

    • N.S. Manton
    Pages 183-199

  9. 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
    Pages 201-232

  10. String Network Evolution

    • E. P. S. Shellard
    Pages 233-254

  11. Global Field Dynamics and Cosmological Structure Formation

    • Ruth Durrer
    Pages 255-281

  12. Electroweak Baryogenesis

    • Neil Turok
    Pages 283-301

  13. Dynamics of Cosmic Strings and Other Brane Models

    • Brandon Carter
    Pages 303-348

  14. Cosmological Experiments in Superfluids and Superconductors

    • W. H. Zurek
    Pages 349-378

  15. Cosmological Experiments in Liquid 4He - Problems and Prospects

    • P. C. Hendry, N. S. Lawson, R. A. M. Lee, P. V. E. McClintock, C. D. H. Williams
    Pages 379-387

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 389-397
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Topological defects have recently become of great interest in condensed matter physics, particle physics and cosmology. They are the unavoidable remnants of many symmetry breaking phase transitions. Topological defects can play an important role in describing the properties of many condensed matter systems (e.g. superfluids and superconduc­ tors); they can catalyze many unusual effects in particle physics models and they may be responsible for seeding the density perturbations in the early Universe which de­ velop into galaxies and the large-scale structure of the Universe. Topological defects are also of great interest in mathematics as nontrivial solutions of nonlinear differential equations stabilized by topological effects. The purpose of the Advanced Study Institute "Formation and Interactions of Topo­ logical Defects" was to bring together students and practitioners in condensed matter physics, particle physics and cosmology, to give a detailed exposition of the role of topo­ logical defects in these fields; to explore similarities and differences in the approaches; and to provide a common basis for discussion and future collaborative research on common problems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

    Anne-Christine Davis

  • Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

    Robert Brandenberger

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