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Tom Kibble Created 2026-10-24 Updated 2026-11-05
Tom Kibble related spontaneous symmetry breaking in the early universe to the formation of topological defects. Different regions can choose different states on a vacuum manifold. Its homotopy groups determine whether boundaries, loops or surrounding surfaces can be continuously unwound, giving possible domain walls, cosmic strings or monopoles. His 1976 paper also examines their subsequent cosmological effects. The connection makes the global shape of a space of field states relevant to large-scale physical structures.[ref]
Topology of cosmic domains and strings by Thomas Walter Bannerman Kibble. 1976 abstract and opening: homotopy classification and cosmological evolution of defects
Portrait of Tom Kibble
. Jason Socrates Bardi, 15 February 2010; existing portrait crop by Artem.G. Public-domain dedication by copyright holder, worldwide, via Wikimedia Commons. Source.