Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter Quantitative Anal
This book sheds new light on topological defects in widely differing systems, using the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model to better understand their evolution. Topological defects – cosmic strings, monopoles, domain walls or others - necessarily form at
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C.J.A.P. Martins
Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter Quantitative Analysis with the VelocityDependent One-Scale Model 123
SpringerBriefs in Physics Editorial Board Egor Babaev, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, USA Malcolm Bremer, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Xavier Calmet, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK Francesca Di Lodovico, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK Pablo D. Esquinazi, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Maarten Hoogerland, Universiy of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Eric Le Ru, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Hans-Joachim Lewerenz, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA James Overduin, Towson University, Towson, USA Vesselin Petkov, Concordia University, Concordia, Canada Charles H.-T. Wang, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Andrew Whitaker, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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C.J.A.P. Martins
Defect Evolution in Cosmology and Condensed Matter Quantitative Analysis with the Velocity-Dependent One-Scale Model
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C.J.A.P. Martins Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal
ISSN 2191-5423 SpringerBriefs in Physics ISBN 978-3-319-44551-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-44553-3
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Preface
The velocity-dependent one-scale (VOS) model was born in the first year of my Ph.D., in early 1995, building upon a previous model by Tom Kibble. In the intervening years it became the canonical model for quantitative studies of the evolution of defect networks, and underwent various important extensions. The purpose of this book is to present a brief overview of the curr
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