Description
Kinks and domain walls are the simplest kind of solitons and are invaluable for testing various ideas and for learning about non-perturbative aspects of field theories. They are the subject of research in essentially every branch of physics, ranging from condensed matter to cosmology. This book is an introduction to kinks and domain walls and their principal classical and quantum properties. The book examines classical solitons, building from examples in elementary systems to more complicated settings. The formation of solitons in phase transitions, their dynamics and their cosmological consequences are further discussed. The book closes with an explicit description of a few laboratory systems containing solitons. Kinks and Domain Walls includes several state-of-the-art results, some previously unpublished. Each chapter closes with open questions and research problems and will be of great interest to both graduate students and academic researchers in theoretical physics, particle physics, cosmology and condensed matter physics.
An introduction to solitons for graduate students and academic researchers in theoretical physics, particle physics, cosmology and condensed matter physics.
About the Author
Tanmay Vachaspati is a professor in the Physics Department at the Case Western Reserve University. He is the Rosenbaum Fellow for the Toplogical Defects Programme at the Isaac Newton Institute, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Professor Vachaspati co-edited The Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Strings with Professors Gary Gibbons and Stephen Hawking.
Reviews
"This book covers an extremely wide range of material and is excellently written and presented, with clear explanations of both the concepts involved and the mathematics used to describe these structures." Ian A.B. Strachan, Mathematical Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9780521836050
Author Tanmay Vachaspati
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 537g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 179mm * 13mm
An introduction to solitons for graduate students and academic researchers in theoretical physics, particle physics, cosmology and condensed matter physics.
About the Author
Tanmay Vachaspati is a professor in the Physics Department at the Case Western Reserve University. He is the Rosenbaum Fellow for the Toplogical Defects Programme at the Isaac Newton Institute, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Professor Vachaspati co-edited The Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Strings with Professors Gary Gibbons and Stephen Hawking.
Reviews
"This book covers an extremely wide range of material and is excellently written and presented, with clear explanations of both the concepts involved and the mathematics used to describe these structures." Ian A.B. Strachan, Mathematical Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9780521836050
Author Tanmay Vachaspati
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 537g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 179mm * 13mm
