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TY - JOUR
T1 - Cosmology meets condensed matter - Introduction.
AU - Kibble, T. W. B.
AU - Pickett, George R.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - At first sight, low-temperature condensed-matter physics and early Universe cosmology seem worlds apart. Yet, in the last few years a remarkable synergy has developed between the two. It has emerged that, in terms of their mathematical description, there are surprisingly close parallels between them. This interplay has been the subject of a very successful European Science Foundation (ESF) programme entitled COSLAB ('Cosmology in the Laboratory') that ran from 2001 to 2006, itself built on an earlier ESF network called TOPDEF ('Topological Defects: Non-equilibrium Field Theory in Particle Physics, Condensed Matter and Cosmology'). The articles presented in this issue of Philosophical Transactions A are based on talks given at the Royal Society Discussion Meeting 'Cosmology meets condensed matter', held on 28 and 29 January 2008. Many of the speakers had participated earlier in the COSLAB programme, but the strength of the field is illustrated by the presence also of quite a few new participants.
AB - At first sight, low-temperature condensed-matter physics and early Universe cosmology seem worlds apart. Yet, in the last few years a remarkable synergy has developed between the two. It has emerged that, in terms of their mathematical description, there are surprisingly close parallels between them. This interplay has been the subject of a very successful European Science Foundation (ESF) programme entitled COSLAB ('Cosmology in the Laboratory') that ran from 2001 to 2006, itself built on an earlier ESF network called TOPDEF ('Topological Defects: Non-equilibrium Field Theory in Particle Physics, Condensed Matter and Cosmology'). The articles presented in this issue of Philosophical Transactions A are based on talks given at the Royal Society Discussion Meeting 'Cosmology meets condensed matter', held on 28 and 29 January 2008. Many of the speakers had participated earlier in the COSLAB programme, but the strength of the field is illustrated by the presence also of quite a few new participants.
KW - cosmic strings
KW - branes
KW - black holes
KW - phase transitions
KW - topological defects
KW - superfluids
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=47249129343&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1098/rsta.2008.0098
DO - 10.1098/rsta.2008.0098
M3 - Journal article
VL - 366
SP - 2793
EP - 2802
JO - Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
JF - Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
SN - 1364-503X
IS - 1877
ER -