CosmoTransitions: Computing cosmological phase transition temperatures and bubble profiles with multiple fields

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 183, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2006-2013

  Wainwright, Carroll L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Finite temperature field theory; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE WALL; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; FIELD THEORY; PATH DEFORMATION; SCALAR FIELDS; SUPER-COOLING TEMPERATURE; TUNNELING DYNAMICS; VACUUM ENERGY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 84861864676     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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