Embedded topological defects in electroweak theory: from percolating networks to sphalerons

DOI10.1016/S0920-5632(99)85170-6zbMATH Open1051.81700arXivhep-lat/9809025OpenAlexW2040634922MaRDI QIDQ5961353FDOQ5961353

E.-M. Ilgenfritz, A. Schiller, F. V. Gubarev, M. N. Chernodub

Publication date: 24 April 2002

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B. Proceedings Supplements (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: New defects (Z-vortices and Nambu monopoles) are found to become thermodynamically relevant for the broken phase near to the (weakly first order) electroweak phase transition, and below the crossover for higher Higgs mass. The symmetric phase is characterized by vortex condensation (percolation). The percolation transition persists in the crossover region. The quasiclassical nature of the vortices is supported by correlations with Higgs field and gauge field energy. Sphalerons are shown to be related to monopolium bound states.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-lat/9809025

zbMATH Keywords

Higgs fieldvortex condensationbroken phase

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22)

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