Published August 15, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Holes in the walls: Primordial black holes as a solution to the cosmological domain wall problem

  • 1. MCTP, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1120 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7079 (United States)

Description

We propose a scenario in which the cosmological domain wall and monopole problems are solved without any fine tuning of the initial conditions or parameters in the Lagrangian of an underlying filed theory. In this scenario domain walls sweep out (unwind) the monopoles from the early universe, then the fast primordial black holes perforate the domain walls, change their topology and destroy them. We find further that the (old vacuum) energy density released from the domain walls could alleviate but not solve the cosmological flatness problem

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 045012-045012.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37025752
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGY; ENERGY DENSITY; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MONOPOLES; TOPOLOGY; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICS

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