Published 1984 | Version v1
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Gravitational effects on the inflationary phase transition

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The thesis contains work on phase transitions in field theory with gravity present. Results on bubble nucleation in gravitational fields are included. A specific model has been examined, the SU(5) Grand Unified Theory of the Coleman-Weinberg type coupled to gravity. The modes of the phase transition have been analyzed with respect to the requirement of obtaining sufficient inflation to resolve the horizon puzzle and the flatness/oldness puzzle

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University Microfilms Order No. 84-17,318.

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119 p.

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17074445
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Thesis, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BUBBLES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; GRAVITATION; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS