Cosmological Origin of the Grand-Unification Mass Scale

R. Brout, F. Englert, and P. Spindel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 417 – Published 6 August 1979; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 890 (1979)
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Abstract

The origin of the universe as a quantum phenomenon leads to a self-consistently generated space-time structure in which the mass of the created particles is O(κ12). We interpret the origin of the universe as a phase transition in which the grand unified symmetry is spontaneously broken.

  • Received 2 April 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.417

©1979 American Physical Society

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Cosmological Origin of Grand-Unification Mass Scale.

R. Brout, F. Englert, and P. Spindel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 890 (1979)

Authors & Affiliations

R. Brout and F. Englert

  • Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

P. Spindel

  • Université de l'Etat à Mons, Mons, Belgium

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Vol. 43, Iss. 6 — 6 August 1979

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