English

The Superhot, Superdense, Supersymmetric Universe

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

In this talk the following question is addressed: are internal symmetries necessarily restored at high temperature in supersymmetric theories? Contrary to the general belief, we argue that the answer is no when systems possess a net background charge. Our findings are exemplified on abelian models, for both cases of global and local symmetries and possible cosmological implications are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9706296,
  title  = {The Superhot, Superdense, Supersymmetric Universe},
  author = {A. Riotto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9706296},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, LaTeX file. Talk given at the SUSY97 Conference, May 27-31, Philadelphia PA, USA