Origin of cosmological temperature
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2020-05-13 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
A classical solution of the Standard Model + General Relativity is given by an elliptic function whose periodicity in imaginary time is the origin of cosmological temperature. Nothing beyond the Standard Model is assumed. The solution is a -symmetric universe expanding prior to the electroweak transition. A rapidly oscillating gauge field holds the Higgs field to with strength inversely proportional to the scale factor . When reaches the solution becomes unstable and the electoweak transition begins. is the only free parameter in the solution. The temperature at is whatever the value of .
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@article{arxiv.2005.05349,
title = {Origin of cosmological temperature},
author = {Daniel Friedan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.05349},
year = {2020}
}
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4 pages, 1 figure, supplemental material (a note showing detailed calculations and a SageMath notebook performing numerical calculations)