Topological defects and the non-equilibrium dynamics of symmetry breaking phase transitions / edited by Yuriy M. Bunkov and Henri Godfrin.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, c2000.
Description
vii, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Topological Defects and the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Symmetry Breaking Phase Transitions, Les Houches, France, 16-26 February 1999"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • Dictionary : Condensed matter - high energy physics & cosmology / G.E. Volovik
  • Classification of topological defects and their relevance to cosmology and elsewhere / T.W.B. Kibble
  • The normal and superfluid states of liquid ³He / A.J. Leggett
  • Formation, interaction and observation of topological defects / T. Vachaspati
  • Shards of broken symmetry : topological defects as traces of the phase transition dynamics / W.H. Zurek ... [et al.]
  • The 'Grenoble' cosmological experiment : the Kibble-Zurek scenario in superfluid ³He / C. Bäuerle ... [et al.]
  • "Aurore de Venise" -cosmological scenario of the A-B phase transition in superfluid ³He / Yu.M. Bunkov
  • Non-equilibrium phase transitions in condensed matter and cosmology : spinodal decomposition, condensates and defects / D. Boyanovsky, H.J. de Vega and R. Holman
  • Defect formation through boson condensation in quantum field theory / G. Vitiello
  • Magnetic monopoles and vortices in the standard model of electroweak interactions / A. Achucarro
  • Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory and duality / A.M.J. Schakel
  • Broken symmetry and nonequilibrium superfluid ³He circular birefringence of propagating transverse currents / J.A. Sauls
  • Relativistic dynamics of vortex defects in superfluids / B. Carter
  • Nucleation and pinning of vortices in ⁴He / É. Varoquaux
  • Topological defects in ³He superfluids / V.B. Eltsov and M. Krusius
  • Regular vortex production by a moving wire in superfluid ³He-B / D.I. Bradley and G.R. Pickett
  • ³He and universe parallelism / G.E. Volovik.
ISBN
0792362047 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
00024702
OCLC
43403511
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N - O
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