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hep-ph1998
Particle Physics in the Early Universe
Edward W. Kolb
Two introductory lectures on inflation and dark matter presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Techniques and Concepts of High-Energy Physics.
hep-ph1998★ 435 cited
Production of massive particles during reheating
Daniel J. H. Chung, Edward W. Kolb, Antonio Riotto
What is commonly called the reheat temperature, , is not the maximum temperature obtained after inflation. The maximum temperature is, in fact, much larger than . A…
hep-ph1998★ 296 cited
Nonthermal Supermassive Dark Matter
Daniel J. H. Chung, Edward W. Kolb, Antonio Riotto
We discuss several cosmological production mechanisms for nonthermal supermassive dark matter and argue that dark matter may be elementary particles of mass much greater than the w…