Large lepton number of the universe and the fate of topological defects

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作者
Bajc, B [1 ]
Riotto, A
Senjanovic, G
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[1] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[2] Jozef Stefan Inst, Ljubljana 1001, Slovenia
[3] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys Theoret Phys, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
[4] Abdus Salaam Int Ctr Theoret Phys, I-34100 Trieste, Italy
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1355
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We show that the monopole problem in grand unified theories as well as the domain wall problem may be easily solved if the lepton number asymmetry in the Universe is large enough.
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页码:1355 / 1358
页数:4
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