COSMIC SCALAR FIELDS WITH FLAT POTENTIAL

DOI10.1142/S0217732302007806MaRDI QIDQ5312337zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors J. W. van Holten

Publication date 31 August 2005

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0206265

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionsCosmologyScalar fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: The dynamics of cosmic scalar fields with flat potential is studied. Their contribution to the expansion rate of the universe is analyzed, and their behaviour in a simple model of phase transitions is discussed.

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