Symmetry behavior at finite temperature in dynamic spacetimes
Abstract
Symmetry breaking at finite temperature (T) for a lambda-phi-to-the-4th theory in Robertson-Walker spacetimes is studied by means of the quasi-adiabatic approximation. Quantum corrections to the temperature dependent mass are calculated and found to consist of three distinct parts arising from adiabatic expansion, non-adiabatic expansion, and low frequency modes. Specialization to the de Sitter exponential expansion is discussed.
- Publication:
-
Very Early Universe
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983veu..conf..343H
- Keywords:
-
- Broken Symmetry;
- Relativity;
- Space-Time Functions;
- Thermodynamics;
- Adiabatic Conditions;
- Approximation;
- Expansion;
- Astrophysics