Topological defects and the non-equilibrium dynamics of symmetry breaking phase transitions /
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c2000. |
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| Description: | vii, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | NATO science series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ; vol. 549 NATO science series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ; v. 549. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4219696 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Dictionary: Condensed matter - High energy physics & cosmology
- Classification of topological defects and their relevance to cosmology and elsewhere
- The Normal and Superfluid States of Liquid 3He
- Formation, interaction and observation of topological defects
- Shards of broken symmetry: topological defects as traces of the phase transition dynamics
- 'Grenoble' cosmological experiment: The Kibble-Zurek scenario in superfluid 3He
- 'Aurore de Venise' - Cosmological scenario of the A-B phase transition in superfluid 3He
- Non-equilibrium phase transitions in condensed matter and cosmology: spinodal decomposition, condensates and defects
- formation through boson condensation in quantum field theory
- Magnetic monopoles and vortices in the standard model of electroweak interactions
- Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory and duality
- Broken Symmetry and Nonequilibrium Superfluid 3He: Circular Birefringence of Propagating Transverse Currents
- Relativistic dynamics of vortex defects in superfluids
- Nucleation and pinning of vortices in 4He
- Topolotical defects in 3He superfluids
- Regular vortex production by a moving wire in superfluid 3He-B
- 3He and Universe parallelism
- Authors Index
- Subject Index
