A STRONGLY FIRST-ORDER ELECTROWEAK PHASE-TRANSITION FROM STRONG SYMMETRY-BREAKING INTERACTIONS

Authors
APPELQUIST T SCHWETZ M SELIPSKY SB
Citation
T. Appelquist et al., A STRONGLY FIRST-ORDER ELECTROWEAK PHASE-TRANSITION FROM STRONG SYMMETRY-BREAKING INTERACTIONS, Physical review. D. Particles and fields, 52(8), 1995, pp. 4741-4746
Citations number
54
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Physical review. D. Particles and fields → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562821
Volume
52
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
4741 - 4746
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(1995)52:8<4741:ASFEPF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We argue that a strongly first order electroweak phase transition is n atural in the presence of strong symmetry-breaking interactions, such as technicolor. We demonstrate this using an effective linear scaler t heory of the symmetry-breaking sector.