COSMIC STRINGS AND OTHER TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS

Vilenkin, A. and E.P.S. Shellard

ISBN 10: 0521391539 / ISBN 13: 9780521391535

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994

Beschreibung

".the first comprehensive and coherent introduction to the role of cosmic strings and other topological defects in the universe. This study has been one of the major driving forces in cosmology over the last decade, and lies at the fruitful intersection of particle physics and cosmology." Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics. Tall octavo: 517 p. with textual figures. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some very light rubbing to the dust jacket; else near fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 74745

Bibliografische Details

Titel: COSMIC STRINGS AND OTHER TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Erscheinungsdatum: 1994

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near fine

Auflage: First Edition.

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Inhaltsangabe:

Now in paperback, this book is the first comprehensive and coherent introduction to the role of cosmic strings and other topological defects in the universe. Ample introductory material makes the book accessible to the wide audience of particle physicists, astrophysicists and cosmologists for whom this topic is of immediate interest.

Críticas:

'... a unique survey of one of the most fascinating and rapidly developing topics in which the theory of particles and astrophysics are combined in an intriguing way.' Yuri N. Obukhov, General Relativity and Gravitation