| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 176 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-173) and index. |
| Summary |
The book examines classical solitons, and their principal classical and quantum properties. It includes several state-of-the-art results and each chapter contains questions and research problems. This book will be of great interest to graduate students and academic researchers in theoretical physics, particle physics, cosmology and condensed matter physics. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Classical kinks; 2 Kinks in more complicated models; 3 Interactions; 4 Kinks in quantum field theory; 5 Condensates and zero modes on kinks; 6 Formation of kinks; 7 Dynamics of domain walls; 8 Gravity and cosmology of domain walls; 9 Kinks in the laboratory; Appendix A Units, numbers and conventions; Appendix B SU(N) generators; Appendix C Solution to a common differential equation; Appendix D Useful operator identities; Appendix E Variation of the determinant; Appendix F Summary of cosmological equations; References; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Solitons.
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Solitons. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vachaspati, T. (Tanmay). Kinks and domain walls. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521836050 9780521836050 (DLC) 2006299405 (OCoLC)70399623 |
| ISBN |
9780511246579 (electronic book) |
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0511246579 (electronic book) |
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0511242905 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511242908 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511244401 |
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9780511244407 |
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0511245157 |
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9780511245152 |
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0511245882 (electronic book) |
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9780511245886 (electronic book) |
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9780511535192 (ebook) |
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0511535198 (ebook) |
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1280703121 |
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9781280703126 |
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0521836050 (Cloth) |
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9780521836050 (hardback) |
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