Topological Defects and the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Symmetry Breaking Phase Transitions

Preface. Dictionary: Condensed matter - High energy physics & cosmology; G.E. Volovik. Classification of topological defects and their relevance to cosmology and elsewhere; T.W.B. Kibble. The Normal and Superfluid States of Liquid 3He; A.J. Leggett. Formation, interaction and observation of topological defects; T. Vachaspati. Shards of broken symmetry: topological defects as traces of the phase transition dynamics; W.H. Zurek, et al. The `Grenoble' cosmological experiment: The Kibble-Zurek scenario in superfluid 3He; C. Bäuerle, et al. `Aurore de Venise' - Cosmological scenario of the A-B phase transition in superfluid 3He; Y.M. Bunkov. Non-equilibrium phase transitions in condensed matter and cosmology: spinodal decomposition, condensates and defects; D. Boyanovsky, et al. Defect formation through boson condensation in quantum field theory; G. Vitiello. Magnetic monopoles and vortices in the standard model of electroweak interactions; A. Achucarro. Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory and duality; A.M.J. Schakel. Broken Symmetry and Nonequilibrium Superfluid 3He: Circular Birefringence of Propagating Transverse Currents; J.A. Sauls. Relativistic dynamics of vortex defects in superfluids; B. Carter. Nucleation and pinning of vortices in 4He; É. Varoquaux. Topolotical defects in 3He superfluids; V.B. Eltsov, M. Krusius. Regular vortex production by a moving wire in superfluid 3He-B; D.I. Bradley, G.R. Pickett. 3He and Universe parallelism; G.E. Volovik. Authors Index. Subject Index.