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3-D lattice simulation of the electroweak phase transition at small Higgs mass

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We study the electroweak phase transition by lattice simulations of an effective 3-dimensional theory, for a Higgs mass of about 35GeV35 GeV. In the broken symmetry phase our results on masses and the Higgs condensate are consistent with 2-loop perturbative results. However, we find a non-perturbative lowering of the transition temperature, similar to the one previously found at mH=80GeVm_H = 80 GeV. For the symmetric phase, bound state masses and the static force are determined and compared with results for pure SU(2)SU(2) theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9506023,
  title  = {3-D lattice simulation of the electroweak phase transition at small Higgs mass},
  author = {E. -M. Ilgenfritz and J. Kripfganz and H. Perlt and A. Schiller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9506023},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, uuencoded ps-file, 5 postscript figures included