1998/09/05 by M. N. Chernodub, F. V. Gubarev, E. -M. Ilgenfritz +2
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Condensation #Condensed matter physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Crossover #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Electroweak interaction #Field (mathematics) #Gauge theory #Higgs boson #Mathematics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Percolation (cognitive psychology) #Phase transition #Physics #Theoretical physics #Thermodynamics #Vortex #hep-lat #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0920-5632(99)85170-6
published as Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.73:671-676,1999 · LATTICE98(electroweak), 6 pages, 14 figures, uses espcrc2.sty,epsfig.sty
arxiv created 1998/09/05 · openalex publication_date 1999/03/01 · arxiv updated 2010/05/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
New defects (Z-vortices and Nambu monopoles) are found to become thermodynamically relevant for the broken phase near to the (weakly first order) electroweak phase transition, and below the crossover for higher Higgs mass. The symmetric phase is characterized by vortex condensation (percolation). The percolation transition persists in the crossover region. The quasiclassical nature of the vortices is supported by correlations with Higgs field and gauge field energy. Sphalerons are shown to be related to monopolium bound states.