Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Lattice
Scientific paper
1994-06-17
Nucl.Phys.B441:629-657,1995
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Lattice
28 pages and 18 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/0550-3213(95)00083-5
We investigate an effective model for the finite temperature restoration phase transition of the electroweak theory. It is obtained by dimensional reduction of the $3+1$ dimensional full theory and by subsequent integration over all static gauge degrees of freedom. The resulting theory corresponds to a $3$-dimensional $O(4)$ ferromagnet containing cubic and quartic terms of the field in its potential function. Possible nonperturbative effects of a magnetic screening mass are parametrically included in the potential. We analyse the theory using mean field and numerical Monte Carlo (MC) simulation methods. At the value of the physical Higgs mass, $m_H=37~{\rm GeV}$, considered in the present investigation, we find a discontinuous symmetry restoring phase transition. We determine the critical temperature, order parameter jump, interface tension and latent heat characteristics of the transition. The Monte Carlo results indicate a somewhat weaker first order phase transition as compared to the mean field treatment, demonstrating that non-perturbative fluctuations of the Higgs field are relevant. This effect is especially important for the interface tension. Any observation of hard first order transition could result only from non-perturbative effects related to the gauge degrees of freedom.
Karsch Frithjof
Neuhaus Thomas
Patkos Andras
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