THE CLASSICAL SPHALERON TRANSITION RATE EXISTS AND IS EQUAL TO 1.1(ALPHA(W)T)(4)

Authors
AMBJORN J KRASNITZ A
Citation
J. Ambjorn et A. Krasnitz, THE CLASSICAL SPHALERON TRANSITION RATE EXISTS AND IS EQUAL TO 1.1(ALPHA(W)T)(4), Physics letters. Section B, 362(1-4), 1995, pp. 97-104
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
362
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
97 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)362:1-4<97:TCSTRE>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Results of a large scale numerical simulation show that the high tempe rature Chem-Simons number diffusion rate in the electroweak theory has a classical limit Gamma = kappa(alpha(w)T)(4), where kappa = 1.09 +/- 0.04 and alpha(w) is the weak fine structure constant.