Cosmology

Cambridge University Press eBooks, pp. 270–284

Abstract

This final chapter of Part III focuses on applications of spontaneous symmetry breaking in cosmology. It introduces the phase transitions believed to occur in the early universe and their possible relations to theories of cosmological inflation. Topological defects in the structure of the universe as a consequence of phase transitions in the early epochs are classified and analysed.

Authors 3

1. Aron J. Beekman
   Affiliation as printed

   Sioux Technologies

2. Louk Rademaker Aachen

   Leiden University · University of Geneva

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Geneva and Leiden University

3. Jasper van Wezel

   University of Amsterdam

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Amsterdam