期刊
PHYSICS LETTERS B
卷 710, 期 1, 页码 1-7出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.02.040
关键词
Electroweak phase transition; Beyond the Standard Model
资金
- DOE [DE-FG02-95ER40896, DE-SC0003930]
- NSF [PHY-0756966]
We propose a group theoretic condition which may be applied to extensions of the Standard Model in order to locate regions of parameter space in which the electroweak phase transition is strongly first order, such that electroweak baryogenesis may be a viable mechanism for generating the baryon asymmetry of the universe. Specifically, we demonstrate that the viable corners of parameter space may be identified by their proximity to an enhanced discrete symmetry point. At this point, the global symmetry group of the theory is extended by a discrete group under which the scalar sector is non-trivially charged, and the discrete symmetry is spontaneously broken such that the discrete symmetry relates degenerate electroweak preserving and breaking vacua. This idea is used to investigate several specific models of the electroweak symmetry breaking sector. The phase transitions identified through this method suggest implications for other relics such as dark matter and gravitational waves. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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