Chern-Simons number diffusion in (1+1)-dimensional Higgs theory
- 15 November 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 50 (10) , R6054-R6057
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.50.r6054
Abstract
We study the Chern-Simons number diffusion rate in the (1+1)-dimensional lattice Abelian Higgs model at temperatures much higher than, as well as comparable to, the sphaleron energy. It is found that in the high-temperature limit the rate is likely to grow as a power of 2/3 of the temperature. In the intermediate-temperature regime, our numerical simulations show that the very weak temperature dependence of the rate, found in previous work, persists at smaller lattice spacings. We discuss possibilities of relating the observed behavior of the rate to static finite-temperature properties of the model.Keywords
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