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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.

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@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