Quantum Field Effect on Symmetry Breaking and Restoration in Anisotropic Spacetimes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-12-24 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The one-loop effective potential for theory on a Bianchi type-I universe is evaluated in the adiabatic approximation. It is used to see the quantum-field effects on symmetry breaking and restoration in anisotropic spacetimes. The results show that the fate of symmetry will not be changed in the cases of conformal coupling or a vanishing scale curvature, and only for some suitable values of scalar-gravitational coupling could the symmetry be radiatively broken or restored.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0401037,
title = {Quantum Field Effect on Symmetry Breaking and Restoration in Anisotropic Spacetimes},
author = {Wung-Hong Huang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0401037},
year = {2008}
}