Defect formation in the early universe
| dc.creator | Rajantie, A. | |
| dc.date | 2003-07-22 | |
| dc.date | 2004-01-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:09:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:09:01Z | |
| dc.description | Topological defects are common in many everyday systems. In general, they appear if a symmetry is broken at a rapid phase transition. In this article, I explain why it is believed that they should have also been formed in the early universe and how that would have happened. If topological defects are found, this will provide a way to study observationally the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang, but their apparent absence can also tell us many things about the early universe. | |
| dc.description | 26 pages, 10 figures. Updated to match the version published in Contemporary Physics (http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=dcvj45hv41kr7xf7) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307387 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307387 | |
| dc.identifier | Contemp.Phys. 44 (2003) 485-502 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1080/00107510310001607206 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/6284 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Defect formation in the early universe | |
| dc.type | text |