Cosmology for Grand Unified Theories with Radiatively Induced Symmetry Breaking
- 26 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 48 (17), 1220-1223
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.48.1220
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.Keywords
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