Non-abelian dynamics in first-order cosmological phase transitions

Mikkel B. Johnson; L. S. Kisslinger; E. M. Henley; W. -Y. P. Hwang; T. Stevens

doi:10.1142/S0217732304014549

Non-abelian dynamics in first-order cosmological phase transitions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v2

Authors: Mikkel B. Johnson , L. S. Kisslinger , E. M. Henley , W. -Y. P. Hwang , T. Stevens

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Abstract

Bubble collisions in cosmological phase transitions are explored, taking the non-abelian character of the gauge fields into account. Both the QCD and electroweak phase transitions are considered. Numerical solutions of the field equations in several limits are presented.

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cosmological phase transition bubble collision non-abelian gauge fields QCD phase transition electroweak phase transition

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0402198,
  title  = {Non-abelian dynamics in first-order cosmological phase transitions},
  author = {Mikkel B. Johnson and L. S. Kisslinger and E. M. Henley and W. -Y. P. Hwang and T. Stevens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0402198},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the CosPA 2003 Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics Symposium. Typos corrected

Non-abelian dynamics in first-order cosmological phase transitions

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