Cosmic strings and domain walls

✍ Scribed by A Vilenkin

• Book ID: 127397034
• Publisher: North-Holland
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 599 KB
• Series: PR121
• Category: Library
• ASIN: B0007BYUGM

✦ Synopsis

Phase transitions in the early universe can give rise to macroscopic topological defects: vacuum domain walls, strings, walls bounded by strings, and monopoles connected by strings. This article reviews the formation, physical properties and the cosmological evolution of various defects. A particular attention is paid to strings and their cosmological consequences, including the string scenario of galaxy formation and possible observational effects of strings.