FERMIONS IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE SPHALERON BARRIER

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KUNZ, J
BRIHAYE, Y
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[1] UNIV OLDENBURG,FACHBEREICH PHYS,W-2900 OLDENBURG,GERMANY
[2] UNIV MONS,FAC SCI,B-7000 MONS,BELGIUM
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10.1016/0370-2693(93)91413-H
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P1 [天文学];
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We demonstrate the level crossing phenomenon for fermions in the background field of the sphaleron barrier, by numerically determining the fermion eigenvalues along the minimal energy path from one vacuum to another. We assume that the fermions of a doublet are degenerate in mass, allowing for spherically symmetric ansatze for all of the fields, when the mixing angle dependence is neglected.
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页数:6
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