Defect formation in the early universe

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2003-07-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307387v2

Contemp.Phys. 44 (2003) 485-502

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

26 pages, 10 figures. Updated to match the version published in Contemporary Physics (http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/

Scientific paper

10.1080/00107510310001607206

Topological defects are common in many everyday systems. In general, they appear if a symmetry is broken at a rapid phase transition. In this article, I explain why it is believed that they should have also been formed in the early universe and how that would have happened. If topological defects are found, this will provide a way to study observationally the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang, but their apparent absence can also tell us many things about the early universe.

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