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Pressure of the Standard Model Near the Electroweak Phase Transition

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We extend our previous determination of the thermodynamic pressure of the Standard Model so that the result can be applied down to temperatures corresponding to the electroweak crossover. This requires a further resummation which can be cleanly organised within the effective theory framework. The result allows for a precise determination of the expansion rate of the Universe for temperatures around the electroweak crossover.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0512177,
  title  = {Pressure of the Standard Model Near the Electroweak Phase Transition},
  author = {A. Gynther and M. Vepsalainen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0512177},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages, 6 figures. v2: published version