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Electroweak Phase Transition in the MSSM: 4-Dimensional Lattice Simulations

F. Csikor, Z. Fodor, P. Hegedus, A. Jakovac, S. D. Katz, A. Piroth

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0001087

Abstract

Recent lattice results have shown that there is no Standard Model (SM) electroweak phase transition (EWPT) for Higgs boson masses above ≈ 72 GeV, which is below the present experimental limit. According to perturbation theory and 3-dimensional (3d) lattice simulations there could be an EWPT in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) that is strong enough for baryogenesis up to mh ≈ 105 GeV. In this letter we present the results of our large scale 4-dimensional (4d) lattice simulations for the MSSM EWPT. We carried out infinite volume and continuum limits and found a transition whose strength agrees well with perturbation theory, allowing MSSM electroweak baryogenesis at least up to mh = 103 4 GeV. We determined the properties of the bubble wall that are important for a successful baryogenesis.

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