Evolution equation for the Higgs field in an expanding universe
- 15 February 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 31 (4) , 699-703
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.31.699
Abstract
Using a new perturbative technique for evaluating real-time finite-temperature Green’s functions in an expanding universe, we derive the evolution equation for the Higgs field during an inflationary phase. We also indicate how to evaluate the fluctuations of the field in this approach.Keywords
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