Can Symmetry non-restoration solve the Monopole Problem?
arXiv:hep-th/9509060 · doi:10.1016/0550-3213(95)00626-5
Abstract
We reexamine a recently proposed non-inflationary solution to the monopole problem, based on the possibility that spontaneously broken Grand-Unified symmetries do not get restored at high temperature. We go beyond leading order by studying the self-consistent one-loop equations of the model. We find large next-to-leading corrections that reverse the lowest order results and cause symmetry restoration at high temperature.
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