Cosmology for Grand Unified Theories with Radiatively Induced Symmetry Breaking

1982/04/26 by Andreas Albrecht, Paul J. Steinhardt · 19 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

paper · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.48.1220

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Abstract

The treatment of first-order phase transitions for standard grand unified theories is shown to break down for models with radiatively induced spontaneous symmetry breaking. It is argued that proper analysis of these transitions which would take place in the early history of the universe can lead to an explanation of the cosmological homogeneity, flatness, and monopole puzzles.

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