Numerical tests of the electroweak phase transition and thermodynamics of the electroweak plasma

F. Csikor; Z. Fodor; J. Hein; A. Jaster; I. Montvay

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(96)00285-4

Numerical tests of the electroweak phase transition and thermodynamics of the electroweak plasma

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-28 v2

Authors: F. Csikor , Z. Fodor , J. Hein , A. Jaster , I. Montvay

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Abstract

The finite temperature phase transition in the SU(2) Higgs model at a Higgs boson mass $M_H \simeq 34$ GeV is studied in numerical simulations on four-dimensional lattices with time-like extensions up to $L_t=5$ . The effects of the finite volume and finite lattice spacing on masses and couplings are studied in detail. The errors due to uncertainties in the critical hopping parameter are estimated. The thermodynamics of the electroweak plasma near the phase transition is investigated by determining the relation between energy density and pressure.

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electroweak phase transition electroweak plasma SU(2) Higgs model lattice simulation finite temperature thermodynamics

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9601016,
  title  = {Numerical tests of the electroweak phase transition and thermodynamics of the electroweak plasma},
  author = {F. Csikor and Z. Fodor and J. Hein and A. Jaster and I. Montvay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9601016},
  year   = {2009}
}

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latex2e, 32 pages, 11 figures with epsfig; A few comments and a new table are added

Numerical tests of the electroweak phase transition and thermodynamics of the electroweak plasma

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