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- A comprehensive review of a model widely used to describe the evolution of cosmic strings, an important class of topological defect
- Author pioneered the approach himself and demonstrates here its wide range of applicability
- Includes a clear introduction to the fascinating field of topological defects
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Centro de Astrofisica, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
C.J.A.P. Martins
About the author
Carlos Martins is an FCT Research Professor at the Center for Astrophysics of U. Porto (CAUP), and the Head of its Training Unit. He has an undergraduate degree in Astronomy from U. Porto, and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from U. Cambridge. He works on fundamental cosmology and particle astrophysics, focusing on precision consistency tests of standard cosmology and astrophysical searches for new physics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter
Book Subtitle: Quantitative Analysis with the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model
Authors: C.J.A.P. Martins
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44553-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44551-9Published: 09 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44553-3Published: 03 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-5423
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5431
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 118
Topics: Cosmology, Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems, Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks