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Report number | arXiv:2112.05472 ; ACFI-T21-15 ; HIP-2021-44/TH ; NORDITA 2021-110 |
Title | Nucleation at finite temperature: a gauge-invariant, perturbative framework |
Author(s) | Löfgren, Johan (Uppsala U.) ; Ramsey-Musolf, Michael J. (Massachusetts U., Amherst ; Caltech ; Tsung-Dao Lee Inst., Shanghai ; Shanghai Jiaotong U. ; Shanghai Jiao Tong U.) ; Schicho, Philipp (Helsinki Inst.Tech. ; Helsinki U.) ; Tenkanen, Tuomas V.I. (Tsung-Dao Lee Inst., Shanghai ; Shanghai Jiao Tong U. ; Nordita ; Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm ; Stockholm U.) |
Imprint | 2021-12-10 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Subject category | hep-ph ; Particle Physics - Phenomenology |
Abstract | We present a gauge-invariant framework for bubble nucleation in theories with radiative symmetry breaking at high temperature. As a procedure, this perturbative framework establishes a practical, gauge-invariant computation of the leading order nucleation rate, based on a consistent power counting in the high-temperature expansion. In model building and particle phenomenology, this framework has applications such as the computation of the bubble nucleation temperature and the rate for electroweak baryogenesis and gravitational wave signals from cosmic phase transitions. |
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Copyright/License | preprint: (License: CC BY 4.0) |