Electroweak phase transition by four dimensional simulations

Abstract

The finite temperature phase transition in the SU(2)-Higgs model at a Higgs boson mass $M_H\simeq 35$ GeV is studied in numerical simulations on four dimensional lattices with time-like extensions up to $L_t=5$. $T_c/M_H$ is extrapolated to the continuum limit and a comparison with the perturbative prediction is made. A one-loop calculation to the coupling anisotropies of the SU(2)-Higgs model on lattices with asymmetric lattice spacings is presented. Our numerical simulations show that the above perturbative result is applicable in the phenomenologically interesting parameter region.

Comments: 3 pages, Latex, 3 figures, Talk presented at LATTICE96(electroweak) by Z. Fodor