The B−L Phase Transition Implications for Cosmology and Neutrinos /

• Main Author: Schmitz, Kai (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

Several of the very foundations of the cosmological standard model — the baryon asymmetry of the universe, dark matter, and the origin of the hot big bang itself — still call for an explanation from the perspective of fundamental physics. This work advocates one intriguing possibility for a consiste...

Table of Contents:

• Early Universe Cosmology
• Framework for a Consistent Cosmology
• Neutrino Phenomenology
• Supersymmetric Abelian Higgs Model
• Nonperturbative Dynamics
• The Reheating Process
• WIMP Dark Matter from Heavy Gravitino Decays.