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The Electroweak Phase Transition - Standard and ``Beyond''

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We first review why a strongly first-order phase transition needed for baryogenesis is excluded in the electroweak standard model. We also comment on some intriguing effects in the strongly interacting hot phase. In the MSSM with a light stop a strongly first-order phase transition can be achieved. It possibly proceeds in two stages.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9708322,
  title  = {The Electroweak Phase Transition - Standard and ``Beyond''},
  author = {Michael G. Schmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9708322},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages, 10 figures