Effect of a Magnetic Field on the Electroweak Symmetry
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We discuss the effect of a strong magnetic field in the behavior of the symmetry of an electrically neutral electroweak plasma. We analyze the case of a strong field and low temperatures as compared with the W rest energy. If the magnetic field is large enough, it is self-consistently maintained. Charged vector bosons play the most important role, leading only to a decrease of the symmetry breaking parameter, the symmetry restoration not being possible.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0406260,
title = {Effect of a Magnetic Field on the Electroweak Symmetry},
author = {E. Rodriguez Querts and H. Perez Rojas and A. Perez Martinez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0406260},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Presented in the First International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (IWARA 2003), Olinda, Brazil