Sweeping away the monopole problem

被引：62

作者：

Dvali, G ^{[1
]}

Liu, H

Vachaspati, T

机构：

[1] CERN, Div TH, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

[2] Int Ctr Theoret Phys, I-34100 Trieste, Italy

[3] Imperial Coll, London, England

[4] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Phys, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1998年 / 80卷 / 11期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.2281

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We propose a new solution to the cosmological monopole problem in which domain walls sweep away the magnetic monopoles and subsequently decay. The solution does not require extensive fine-tuning or model building; it works for the prototype SU(5) grand unification model. More generally, it shows that defect interactions can lead to "defect erasure" in phase transitions and that this can be relevant to early universe physics.

引用

页码：2281 / 2284

页数：4

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