Bose Einstein condensation at reheating
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-07 v3 Astrophysics
Abstract
We discuss the possibility that a perturbative reheating stage after inflation produces a scalar particle gas in a Bose condensate state, emphasizing the possible cosmological role of this phenomenon for symmetry restoration.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0102080,
title = {Bose Einstein condensation at reheating},
author = {G. Mangano and G. Miele and S. Pastor and M. Peloso},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0102080},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures. Revised version, with an improved analysis of the condensate formation