Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2000-09-07
JHEP 0011 (2000) 012
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
minor changes: another reference, additional sentences in introduction. Version accepted by journal
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2000/11/012
During (re)heating of the universe after inflation, the relativistic decay products of the inflaton field $\phi$ must lose energy and additional particles must be produced to attain a thermalised state at a temperature $T_{\reh}$. We estimate the rate of energy loss via elastic and inelastic scattering interactions. Elastic scattering is an inefficient energy loss mechanism so inelastic processes, although higher order in the coupling $\alpha$, can be faster because more energy is transfered. The timescale to produce a particle number density of ${\cal O}(T_{\reh}^3)$ is the inelastic energy loss timescale, $\sim(\alpha^3 n_\phi/T_{\reh}^2)^{-1}$.
Davidson Sacha
Sarkar Subir
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