The Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) is a theoretical framework that describes how defects are formed in a system undergoing a continuous phase transition, particularly when it is driven out of equilibrium. This mechanism was developed in the context of cosmology by physicist Tom Kibble and later expanded by Wojciech Zurek in the context of condensed matter physics.

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