Large Lepton Number of the Universe and the Fate of Topological Defects
- 17 August 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 81 (7) , 1355-1358
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.81.1355
Abstract
We show that the monopole problem in grand unified theories as well as the domain wall problem may be easily solved if the lepton number asymmetry in the Universe is large enough.All Related Versions
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