arXiv:hep-lat/9608006·v1·High Energy Physics — Lattice
The order of the phase transition in 3d U(1)+Higgs theory
M. Karjalainen🇫🇮 · M. Laine🇩🇪 · J. Peisa🇫🇮
Abstract
We study the order of the phase transition in the 3d U(1)+Higgs theory, which is the Ginzburg-Landau theory of superconductivity. We confirm that for small scalar self-coupling the transition is of first order. For large scalar self-coupling the transition ceases to be of first order, and a non-vanishing scalar mass suggests that the transition may even be of higher than second order.
Comments: Poster at LATTICE96(electroweak). 4 pages, 5 figures