Published November 1983
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Journal article
Grand unification and the big-bang cosmology
Description
The subject is reviewed under the following headings and subheadings: standard cosmology (Robertson-Walker metric, Friedmann universe, early history of the universe, baryon-photon ratio), baryosynthesis (the basic requirements, a possible scenario, estimate of ΔB using GUT, galaxy formation), superheavy magnetic monopoles (the monopole problem, first order phase transition and supercooling, magnetic confinement, spontaneous breakdown of electromagnetic Gauge invariance, second order phase transition with thermal fluctuations)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Fortschr. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 31
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Series
- Fortschr. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 569-590
- ISSN
- 0015-8208
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- German Democratic Republic
- INIS RN
- 15045391
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BARYON NUMBER; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; METRICS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTONS; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY BREAKING; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOPOLES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 25 refs.