Gauge Dependence of the High-Temperature 2-Loop Effective Potential for the Higgs Field

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10 November 1994

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/9411252

Abstract

The high-temperature limit of the 2-loop effective potential for the Higgs field is calculated from an effective 3d theory, in a general covariant gauge. It is shown explicitly that a gauge-independent result can be extracted for the equation of state from the gauge-dependent effective potential. The convergence of perturbation theory is estimated in the broken phase, utilizing the gauge dependence of the effective potential.

Keywords

DEPENDENT EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL
LOOP EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL
PERTURBATION THEORY
HIGH TEMPERATURE
GAUGE DEPENDENCE
HIGGS FIELD
COVARIANT

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Version 1, 1994-11-09, ArXiv
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Published version: Physical Review D, 51 (8), 4525.

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