Reheating an inflationary universe

Journal Article · Mon May 17 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.1437· OSTI ID:5099259

Albrecht, A; Steinhardt, P J; Turner, M S; Wilczek, F

The evolution of the Higgs expectation value is numerically analyzed and the temperature of the universe during the symmetry-breaking phase transition in an SU(5) theory with radiatively induced symmetry breaking. There is sufficient inflation (exponential expansion) shown to explain the cosmological homogeneity, isotropy, flatness, and monopole puzzles, and also that the universe reheats to a temperature 0(10/sup 14/ GeV) so that the usual scheme for baryogenesis can proceed.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-80ER10773
• OSTI ID: 5099259
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 48:20
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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