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Ensemble fermions for electroweak dynamics and the fermion preheating temperature

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Abstract

We refine the implementation of ensemble fermions for the electroweak sector of the Standard Model, introduced in [1]. We consider the behavior of different observables as the size of the ensemble is increased and show that the dynamics converges for ensemble sizes small enough that simulations of the entire electroweak sector become numerically tractable. We apply the method to the computation of the effective preheating temperature during a fast electroweak transition, relevant for Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis. We find that this temperature is never below 20 GeV, and this in combination with the results of [2] convincingly rules out Standard Model CP-violation as the origin of the baryon asymmetry of the Universe.

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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K

    Zong-Gang Mou & Paul M. Saffin

  2. Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, 4036, Stavanger, Norway

    Anders Tranberg

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Mou, ZG., Saffin, P.M. & Tranberg, A. Ensemble fermions for electroweak dynamics and the fermion preheating temperature. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 97 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)097

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Keywords

  • Lattice Gauge Field Theories
  • Nonperturbative Effects
  • Thermal Field Theory
  • Lattice Quantum Field Theory