Published April 15, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Evolution of vacuum states and phase transitions in the two Higgs doublet model during cooling of the Universe

  • 1. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
  • 3. IFPA, Universite de Liege, Liege (Belgium)

Description

We consider the evolution of the ground state in the two Higgs doublet model during cooling down of the Universe after the big bang. Different regions in the space of free parameters of this model correspond to different sequences of thermal phase transitions. We discuss different paths of thermal evolution and corresponding evolution of physical properties of the system for different modern values of the parameters.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 085031-085031.18
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42008042
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
GROUND STATES; HIGGS MODEL; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPACE; UNIVERSE; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS

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