2006/06/12 by Nobuhito Maru, Kazunori Takenaga
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.74.015017
published as Phys.Rev. D74 (2006) 015017 · 17 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2006/06/12 · openalex publication_date 2006/07/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study the bulk mass effects on the electroweak phase transition at finite temperature in a five-dimensional SU(3) gauge-Higgs unification model on an orbifold. We investigate whether the Higgs mass satisfying the experimental lower bound can be compatible with the strong first order phase transition necessary for a successful electroweak baryogenesis. Our numerical results show that the above statement can be realized by matter with bulk mass yielding a viable Higgs mass. We also find an interesting case where the heavier Higgs gives the stronger first order phase transition.