Can cosmic-ray catalysed vacuum decay dominate over tunnelling?

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 513, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 661-678

  Enqvist, Kari ^a   McDonald, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Phase transition; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032498727     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00707-4     Document Type: Article

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