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Can Symmetry non-restoration solve the Monopole Problem?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We reexamine a recently proposed non-inflationary solution to the monopole problem, based on the possibility that spontaneously broken Grand-Unified symmetries do not get restored at high temperature. We go beyond leading order by studying the self-consistent one-loop equations of the model. We find large next-to-leading corrections that reverse the lowest order results and cause symmetry restoration at high temperature.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9509060,
  title  = {Can Symmetry non-restoration solve the Monopole Problem?},
  author = {G. Bimonte and G. Lozano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9509060},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

17 pages plus three coded and compressed postscript files for figures