Finite Temperature Phase Transition in $\phi^6$ potential
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
The temperature dependance of the action in the thin-wall and thick-wall limits is obtained analytically for the scalar potential. The nature of the phase transition is investigated from the quantum tunnelling regime at low temperatures to the thermal hopping regime at high temperatures. It is first-order for the case of a thin wall while for the thick wall it is second- order.
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@article{arxiv.0812.4909,
title = {Finite Temperature Phase Transition in $\phi^6$ potential},
author = {Hatem Widyan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.4909},
year = {2009}
}
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13 pages