Symmetry breaking and false vacuum decay after hybrid inflation

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  García Bellido, Juan ^a,b   Pérez, Margarita García ^b   González Arroyo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMOS; FALSE VACUUM DECAY; HIGGS FIELD; HYBRID INFLATION; MASS; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUANTUM THEORY; SIMULATION; SYMMETRY BREAKING; TIME; VACUUM;

EID: 0142171840     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.103501     Document Type: Article

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