Year: 1980
Type: article
Abstract: The perturbations of a uniform Friedmannian universe, leading to galaxy formation, are explained by the strings, formed during the symmetry loss of vacuum of a complex Higgs field with mass characteristic of grand unification. Difficulties are pointed out inherent to phase transition, particle decay and black hole evaporation as sources of growing perturbations.
Author: Y. B. Zeldovich
Institution: Institute of Applied Mathematics
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2112136116