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Interface Tension of the Electroweak Phase Transition

F. Csikor, Z. Fodor, J. Hein, J. Heitger

hep-latarXiv:hep-lat/9506029

Abstract

In our nonperturbative lattice investigation we study the interface tension of the finite-temperature electroweak phase transition. In this analysis the Higgs mass has been chosen to be about 35 GeV. At the transition point of a finite volume system, tunnelling between the symmetric and the Higgs phase takes place. This phenomenon leads to a splitting of the ground state, which can be used to determine the interface tension. The result obtained this way agrees with the result of the two-coupling method and with the prediction of the perturbative approach.

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