Gauge Dependence of the High-Temperature 2-Loop Effective Potential for the Higgs Field
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2010-11-01 v2
Abstract
The high-temperature limit of the 2-loop effective potential for the Higgs field is calculated from an effective 3d theory, in a general covariant gauge. It is shown explicitly that a gauge-independent result can be extracted for the equation of state from the gauge-dependent effective potential. The convergence of perturbation theory is estimated in the broken phase, utilizing the gauge dependence of the effective potential.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9411252,
title = {Gauge Dependence of the High-Temperature 2-Loop Effective Potential for the Higgs Field},
author = {M. Laine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9411252},
year = {2010}
}
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