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Phase Transitions as the Origin of Large Scale Structure in the Universe

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Particle Physics and Astrophysics Current Viewpoints

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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.

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Turok, N. (1989). Phase Transitions as the Origin of Large Scale Structure in the Universe. In: Mitter, H., Widder, F. (eds) Particle Physics and Astrophysics Current Viewpoints. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74391-7_8

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