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Bubble Wall Velocity at the Electroweak Phase Transition

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arxiv hep-ph/9503296 v1 pith:DXWHIA65 submitted 1995-03-10 hep-ph

Bubble Wall Velocity at the Electroweak Phase Transition

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We calculate the velocity and thickness of a bubble wall at the electroweak phase transition in the Minimal Standard Model. We model the wall with semiclassical equations of motion and show that friction arises from the deviation of massive particle populations from thermal equilibrium. We treat these with Boltzmann equations in a fluid approximation in the background of the wall. Our analysis improves on the previous work by using the two loop effective potential, accounting for particle transport, and determining the wall thickness dynamically. We find that the wall is significantly thicker than at phase equilibrium, and that the velocity is fairly high, $v_w \simeq 0.7c$, and quite weakly dependent on the Higgs mass.

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