Spinor Bose gases form a family of quantum fluids manifesting both magnetic order and<?
format?> superfluidity. This article reviews experimental and theoretical progress in …

This Colloquium gives an overview of recent theoretical and experimental progress in the
area of nonequilibrium dynamics of isolated quantum systems. There is particularly a focus …

Quantum phase transitions (QPTs) involve transformations between different states of matter
that are driven by quantum fluctuations. These fluctuations play a dominant part in the …

Liquid crystals are widely known for their technological uses in displays, electro-optics,
photonics and nonlinear optics, but these applications typically rely on defining and …

Nanoscale ferroelectrics are expected to exhibit various exotic domain configurations, such
as the full flux-closure pattern that is well known in ferromagnetic materials. Here we …

The study of liquid crystals at equilibrium has led to fundamental insights into the nature of
ordered materials, as well as to practical applications such as display technologies. Active …

The theory of phase-ordering dynamics, that is the growth of order through domain
coarsening when a system is quenched from the homogeneous phase into a broken …

The topic of cosmic strings provides a bridge between the physics of the very small and the
very large. They are predicted by some unified theories of particle interactions. If they exist …

In the course of a nonequilibrium continuous phase transition, the dynamics ceases to be
adiabatic in the vicinity of the critical point as a result of the critical slowing down (the …

Topological defects are thought to be left behind by the cosmological phase transitions
which occur as the universe expands and cools. Similar processes can be studied in the …