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Theta--instantons in SU(2) Higgs theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We consider topology changing processes in SU(2)--Higgs theory. In the Standard Model of particle physics they are accompanied by baryon--and lepton--number non--conservation. At fixed energy and multiplicity of initial state, these processes are described by classical Theta--instanton solutions. We describe these solutions and calculate the suppression exponents for the probabilities of the topology changing transitions at relatively low energies.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0303136,
  title  = {Theta--instantons in SU(2) Higgs theory},
  author = {F. Bezrukov and D. Levkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0303136},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures