Electroweak Physics and the Early Universe / Edition 1

by Jorge C. Romïo, Filipe Freire

Overview

Proceedings of a NATO ARW held in Sintra, Portugal, March 23-25, 1994

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306449093
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/31/1995
Series:	NATO Science Series B: , #338
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	410
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

3-D Physics and the Electroweak Phase Transition: Perturbation Theory and Lattice Monte Carlo Analysis.- Dynamical Evolution of the Electroweak Phase Transition.- Gauge Invariant Effective Potential and 4-D Lattice Simulations of the Electroweak Phase Transition.- On the Strength of First Order Phase Transitions.- An Overview of the—-Expansion and the Electroweak Phase Transition.- The Electroweak Phase Transition in Extended Models.- Some Non-Perturbative Aspects of the Electroweak Phase Transition.- Electroweak Baryogenesis: Problems and Prospects.- A Note on Spontaneous Baryogenesis.- Tau Leptons and Top Quarks in a ‘non-local’ Baryogenesis at the Electroweak Phase Transition.- Preventing Baryon Washout with Z’.- Baryogenesis from a Primordial Lepton Asymmetry.- Electroweak Phase Changes in Two Higgs Models.- On Primordial Magnetic Fields.- Another Look at the Electroweak Vortex Solution.- Electroweak Baryogenesis with Topological Defects.- Electroweak Strings, Sphalerons and Magnetic Fields.- Electroweak Strings Produce Baryons.- Electroweak Strings and Topology.- Sphalerons and Strings.- Existence and Stability of Spinning Embedded Vortices.- Effective Potential for the Wilson Line in the Standard Model.- Fluctuations at Phase Transitions.- High Temperature Field Theory Beyond Perturbation Theory.- High Temperature Phase Transitions with the Effective Average Action.- Exact Renormalization Group Equations for Gauge Theories.- Environmentally Friendly Renormalization in Finite-Temperature Field Theory.- Sphaleron-like Transitions at High Temperatures.- Fluctuation Corrections to the Transition Rate of the Electroweak Sphaleron.- Hot Abelian Higgs Model: Real-Time Properties.- Non-Equilibrium Evolution of Disoriented Chiral Condensates.- Non-EquilibriumQuantum Field Evolution in FRW Cosmologies.- A Report on Quantum Spinodal Decomposition.- NonPerturbative Evaluation of the Sphaleron Transition Rate.- Bubble Nucleation in Theories with Symmetry Breaking by Radiative Corrections.- One-Loop Corrections to the Bubble Nucleation Rate at Finite Temperature.- Hydrodynamics of Bubble Growth.- Quantum Scattering and Classical Solutions.- Spherical Shells of Classical Gauge Field and Their Topological Charge as a Perturbative Expansion.- In Search of Classical Trajectories.- Possible Instability of the Effective Potential in a Scalar Model due to Extra Dimensions.- Gravitinos in the Early Universe.- On the Problem of the Magnetic Mass.- Next-to-Leading Order Debye-Screening in Spontaneously Broken Gauge Theories.- Hierarchy of Effective Models.- Derivative Corrections in a Scalar Theory.

Editorial Reviews

Papers from the March 1994 Electroweak Phase Transition and the Early Universe NATO Workshop summarize research in the standard model of electroweak interactions shortly after the Big Bang. Topics include baryogenesis, non-perturbative aspects, eletroweak strings and topology, sphaleron-like transitions at high temperatures, and bubble nucleation in theories with symmetry. Includes b&w diagrams. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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