Formation of a Yang-Mills crystal in the electroweak theory at high fermion densities

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6062469

Grigorev, D IU; Deriagin, D V; Rubakov, V A

Within the framework of the standard theory of electroweak interactions, it is shown that a characteristic property of gauge (V-A) theories at high fermion densities and at zero temperature is the formation of a spatially inhomogeneous condensate of vector bosons (a Yang-Mills crystal). These condensates arise in models of the early universe with an intermediate cold stage. It is noted that this cold dense fermion matter is metastable since the tunneling processes resulting from the complex structure of the vacuum can lead to a decrease in the fermion number. 8 references.

• Research Organization: Institut Iadernykh Issledovanii, Moscow, USSR
• OSTI ID: 6062469
• Journal Information: JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 44; ISSN JTPLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
CONDENSATES
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS
CRYSTALS
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FERMIONS
INTERACTIONS
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PARTICLE MODELS
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STANDARD MODEL
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
WEAK INTERACTIONS
YANG-MILLS THEORY