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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 ϕ6\phi^6 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

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