Directory of Topological Defects Resources

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• Cosmic Strings

  http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9411342
  Extensive review of the field-theoretical foundations and the dynamics of cosmic strings and other topological defects. Suitable for students with previous knowledge of field theory and cosmology. By M. B. Hindmarsh and T. W. B. Kibble.

• Cosmic Strings and other Defects

  http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/cs_home.html
  Series of texts describing the basics and some of the consequences of topological defects in the universe. Part of the public pages of the relativity group at Cambridge University.

• Cosmology from Topological Defects

  http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303504
  Alejandro Gangui's graduate-level lecture notes about the possible cosmological role and observational signatures of topological defects. Based on lectures delivered at the Xth Brazilian School on Cosmology and Gravitation in 2002.

• Formation, Interaction and Observation of Topological Defects

  http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9903362
  An introduction to the formation of defects in first-order phase transitions, the way these defects interact, and observational signatures of cosmic strings. Les Houches lectures by Tanmay Vachaspati, suitable for graduate students.

• Topological Defects and Cosmology

  http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9806473
  Thorough review of the formation of defects and their consequences for cosmology. By Robert H. Brandenberger.

 

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