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Lectures on Cosmic Topological Defects
Tanmay Vachaspati
These lectures review certain topological defects and aspects of their cosmology. Unconventional material includes brief descriptions of electroweak defects, the structure of domai…
Topological Defects: Fossils from the Early Universe
Tanmay Vachaspati
In the context of current particle physics theories, it is quite likely that topological defects may be present in our universe. An observation of these fossils from the early univ…
On a Dual Standard Model
Tanmay Vachaspati
I describe various aspects of the construction of a dual standard model including how it may be possible to obtain the charge spectrum, the family structure and spin of the known m…
Formation of Topological Defects
Tanmay Vachaspati
In these lectures, I review cosmological phase transitions and the topological aspects of spontaneous symmetry breaking. I then discuss the formation of walls, strings and monopole…
Electroweak Strings, Sphalerons and Magnetic Fields
Tanmay Vachaspati
We describe electroweak strings and their ability to carry Chern-Simons number. Certain string configurations, for any , carry Chern-Simons number equal to that of the sphaler…