Nontopological solitons as nucleation sites for cosmological phase transitions

Physical Review D

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2001, Pages

  Metaxas, D ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOLING; COSMOS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

EID: 85037908374     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.63.083507     Document Type: Article

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