Published March 19, 1987 | Version v1
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Entropy production in tepid inflation

Creators

  • 1. Zentralinstitut fuer Kernforschung, Rossendorf bei Dresden (German Democratic Republic)
  • 2. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. Central Research Inst. for Physics
  • 3. Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia, Budapest. Konkoly Observatory

Description

We demonstrate that tepid inflation at moderate temperature may be accompanied by entropy enhancement sufficient to dilute the GUT monopoles below the observational limit. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
187
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
17-21
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
18063439
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; ENTROPY; EXPANSION; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HIGGS MODEL; IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES; MONOPOLES; POTENTIALS; SCALAR FIELDS; SCALING LAWS; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS