Radiative first-order phase transitions to next-to-next-to-leading order

Abstract

We develop new perturbative tools to accurately study radiatively induced first-order phase transitions. Previous perturbative methods have suffered internal inconsistencies and been unsuccessful in reproducing lattice data, which is often attributed to infrared divergences of massless modes (the Linde problem). We employ a consistent power counting scheme to perform calculations and compare our results against lattice data. We conclude that the consistent expansion removes many previous issues and indicates that the infamous Linde problem is not as big a factor in these calculations as previously thought.

Citation

Ekstedt, A., Gould, O., & Löfgren, J. (2022). Radiative first-order phase transitions to next-to-next-to-leading order. Physical Review D, 106(3), Article 036012. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.036012

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 3, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Aug 16, 2022
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2022
• Deposit Date: Sep 9, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 13, 2022
• Journal: Physical Review D
• Print ISSN: 2470-0010
• Electronic ISSN: 2470-0029
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 106
• Issue: 3
• Article Number: 036012
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.036012
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/10628032
• Publisher URL: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.106.036012