Phase transitions as the origin of large scale structure in the universe

Conference · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74391-7_8· OSTI ID:6740823

Turok, N

A review of the formation of large scale structure through gravitational growth of primordial perturbations is given. This is followed by a discussion of how symmetry breaking phase transitions in the early universe might have produced the required perturbations, in particular through the formation and evolution of a network of cosmic strings. Finally the statistical mechanics of string networks, for both cosmic and fundamental strings is discussed, leading to some more speculative ideas on the possible role of fundamental strings (superstrings or heterotic strings) in the very early universe. 115 refs., 16 figs.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 6740823
• Report Number(s): FNAL/C-88/116-A; CONF-8802116-1; ON: DE89002286
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640106* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Cosmology
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COMPOSITE MODELS
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS
COSMOLOGY
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FLUCTUATIONS
GRAVITATION
INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL SPACE
MATHEMATICS
MECHANICS
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
PARTICLE MODELS
PHASE SPACE
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
QUARK MODEL
SPACE
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
STRING MODELS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
TOPOLOGY
UNIVERSE
VARIATIONS