Cosmological Density Fluctuations Produced by a Goldstone Field

Alexander Vilenkin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 59 – Published 4 January 1982
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Abstract

It is shown that a massless Goldstone field produced at a cosmological phase transition near T1017 GeV can generate density fluctuations sufficient to explain the galaxy formation.

  • Received 28 September 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.59

©1982 American Physical Society

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Alexander Vilenkin

  • Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155

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Vol. 48, Iss. 1 — 4 January 1982

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