ON THE POSSIBILITY OF 2ND-ORDER PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN GAUGE-THEORIES

被引：46

作者：

MARCHRUSSELL, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, DIV PHYS, THEORET PHYS GRP, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA

来源：

PHYSICS LETTERS B | 1992年 / 296卷 / 3-4期

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D O I：

10.1016/0370-2693(92)91333-5

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

In the "Type-II" regime, m(Higgs) greater-than-or-similar-to m(gauge), the finite-temperature phase transition in spontaneously-broken gauge theories (including the standard model) must be studied using are normalization group treatment. Previous studies with in the (4-epsilon)-expansion suggest a 1st-order transition in this regime. We use analogies with experimentally accessible phase transitions in liquid crystals, and theoretical investigations of superconductor phase transitions to argue that, in this range, the critical behavior of a large class of gauge-Higgs-fermion systems changes from 1st- to 2nd-order as a function of Higgs mass. We identify a set of models which, within the (2+epsilon)-expansion, possess fixed points that can describe this 2nd-order behavior. A definitive demonstration that the claimed critical behavior occurs (and a reliable estimate of m(Higgs) at the tricritical point) will probably require numerical simulations.

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页码：364 / 370

页数：7

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