Cosmology for Grand Unified Theories with Radiatively Induced Symmetry Breaking

Andreas Albrecht and Paul J. Steinhardt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 1220 – Published 26 April 1982
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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.

  • Received 25 January 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.1220

©1982 American Physical Society

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Andreas Albrecht and Paul J. Steinhardt

  • Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

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Vol. 48, Iss. 17 — 26 April 1982

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