Electroweak phase transition: recent results
Abstract
Recent results of four-dimensional (4d) lattice simulations on the finite temperature electroweak phase transition (EWPT) are discussed. The phase transition is of first order in the SU(2)-Higgs model below the end point Higgs mass 66.51.4 GeV. For larger masses a rapid cross-over appears. This result completely agrees with the results of the dimensional reduction approach. Including the full Standard Model (SM) perturbatively the end point is at 72.11.4 GeV. Combined with recent LEP Higgs mass lower bounds, this excludes any EWPT in the SM. A one-loop calculation of the static potential makes possible a precise comparison of the lattice and perturbative results. Recent 4d lattice studies of the Minimal Supersymmetric SM (MSSM) are also mentioned.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9910354,
title = {Electroweak phase transition: recent results},
author = {F. Csikor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9910354},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Latex, 3 pages, 4 figures. Talk presented at the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP99), Tampere, Finland, Jul y 15-21, 1999