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Symmetry Breaking and Defects

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Symmetry-breaking phase transitions are ubiquitous in condensed matter systems and in quantum field theories. There is also good reason to believe that they feature in the very early history of the Universe. At many such transitions topological defects of one kind or another are formed. Because of their inherent stability, they can have important effects on the subsequent behaviour of the system.

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Kibble, T.W.B. (2003). Symmetry Breaking and Defects. In: Arodz, H., Dziarmaga, J., Zurek, W.H. (eds) Patterns of Symmetry Breaking. NATO Science Series, vol 127. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1029-0_1

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