Published November 15, 1989 | Version v1
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Finite-temperature symmetry breaking in an anisotropic universe

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (USA)

Description

We calculate the critical temperature for the restoration of symmetry for a self-interacting scalar field. The symmetry is spontaneously broken either by a negative mass or by its coupling to negative scalar curvature in a homogeneous, anisotropic spacetime

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
3319-3324
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21029841
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COUPLING; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; MASS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME; SYMMETRY BREAKING; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE