Formation of Topological Defects

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10 October 1997

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/9710292

Abstract

In these lectures, I review cosmological phase transitions and the topological aspects of spontaneous symmetry breaking. I then discuss the formation of walls, strings and monopoles during phase transitions including lattice based studies of defect formation and recent attempts to go beyond the lattice. The close connection of defect formation with percolation is described. Open problems and possible future directions are mentioned.

Keywords

TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS
REVIEW COSMOLOGICAL
COSMOLOGICAL PHASE
PHASE TRANSITIONS
DEFECT FORMATION
TRANSITIONS
LECTURES
LATTICE

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