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Synopsis
Finding topology to be a very economical means for obtaining important information about complicated many-body systems, Volovik (low- temperature physics, Helsinki U. of Technology; and Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow) discuss the general consequences of topology on the quantum vacuum in quantum liquids, and the parallels in particle physics and cosmology. Among the consequences he addresses are topological defects; the low-dimensional world of quasiparticles living in the core of vortices, domain walls, and other branes; quantum phase transitions; and emergent non-trivial spacetimes. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR