书目名称 | Patterns of Symmetry Breaking |
编辑 | Henryk Arodz,Jacek Dziarmaga,Wojciech Hubert Zurek |
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丛书名称 | NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry |
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描述 | The conceptofspontaneous symmetry breaking plays a fundamental role in contemporary physics. It is essential for the description of degenerate ground states, massless modes, and topological defects. Examples are abundant in condensed matter physics, atomic and particle physics, as well as in astro physics and cosmology. In fact, spontaneous symmetry breaking can be re garded as a cornerstone ofa whole branch ofphysics which intersects the above mentioned traditionally distinct fields. In the year 2000 the European Science Foundation (ESF) started the Pro gramme "Cosmology in the Laboratory" (COSLAB), with the goal to search for and to develop analogies betweencondensed matterphysics, particle physics, and cosmology. Not surprisingly, spontaneous symmetry breaking is among the most useful notions in that endeavour. It has been decided that in the sec ond year of the Programme a School should be held in order to work out and deliver to a wide audience of students synthetic overviews of achievements and of current research topics of COSLAB. This idea has been supported by the Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division of NATO by including the School in the renowned series of it |
出版日期 | Conference proceedings 2003 |
关键词 | Cosmology; EFE; Gravity; Renormalization group; Theoretical physics; Universe; energy and momentum |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1029-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4020-1745-2 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-1029-0Series ISSN 1568-2609 |
issn_series | 1568-2609 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003 |