Speaker
Dr
JAVIER RUBIO
(Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Description
A Hubble-induced phase transition is a natural spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism allowing for explosive particle production in non-oscillatory models of inflation involving non-minimally coupled spectator fields. I will discuss the impact of this effect on the reheating of the Universe after inflation and its characterization via 3+1-dimensional classical lattice simulations, discussing also interesting phenomenological aspects like the generation of short-lived topological defects and gravitational waves.
Author
Dr
JAVIER RUBIO
(Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
