Published August 15, 2005
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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
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.045012;
- arXiv
- arXiv:hep-ph/0505026v3;
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
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2005 The American Physical Society