3 papers
hep-ph1996
The gauge invariant effective potential: equilibrium and non-equilibrium aspects
D. Boyanovsky, D. Brahm, R. Holman +1
We propose a gauge invariant formulation of the effective potential in terms of a gauge invariant order parameter, for the Abelian Higgs model. The one-loop contribution at zero an…
hep-ph1996
Relaxation and Kinetics in Scalar Field Theories
D. Boyanovsky, I. D. Lawrie, D. S. Lee
A new approach to the dynamics of relaxation and kinetics of thermalization in a scalar field theory is presented that incorporates the relevant time scales through the resummation…
hep-ph1995
New Aspects of Reheating
D. Boyanovsky, M. D'attanasio, H. J. de Vega +2
The reheating stage in post-inflationary cosmologies is reanalyzed. New techniques from non-equilibrium quantum field theory allow a consistent derivation of the equation of motion…