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What's new with the electroweak phase transition?

We review the status of non-perturbative lattice studies of the electroweak phase transition. In the Standard Model, the complete phase diagram has been reliably determined, and the conclusion is that there is no phase transition at all for the experimentally allowed Higgs masses. In the Minimal Sup...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Laine, M., Rummukainen, K.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0920-5632(99)85017-8
http://cds.cern.ch/record/364427
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Sumario:We review the status of non-perturbative lattice studies of the electroweak phase transition. In the Standard Model, the complete phase diagram has been reliably determined, and the conclusion is that there is no phase transition at all for the experimentally allowed Higgs masses. In the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), in contrast, there can be a strong first order transition allowing for baryogenesis. Finally, we point out possibilities for future simulations, such as the problem of CP-violation at the MSSM electroweak phase boundary.