IS THERE A DOMAIN-WALL PROBLEM

被引:70
作者
DVALI, C
SENJANOVIC, G
机构
[1] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
[2] INT CTR THEORET PHYS, TRIER, GERMANY
[3] GEORGIAN ACAD SCI, INST PHYS, TBILISI 380077, GEORGIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.5178
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We show that spontaneous breaking of discrete or continuous symmetries does not necessarily imply either symmetry restoration or the thermal production of defects at high temperature (at least up to T∼MPlanck). This may imply that there is no domain wall problem. As an example we show how this applies to the Peccei-Quinn scenario. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:5178 / 5181
页数:4
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