The Two loop MSSM finite temperature effective potential with stop condensation

Dec, 1996
30 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 497 (1997) 387-414
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Report number:
  • HD-THEP-96-56

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Abstract:
We calculate the finite temperature 2-loop effective potential in the MSSM with stop condensation, using a 3-dimensional effective theory. We find that in a part of the parameter space, a two-stage electroweak phase transition appears possible. The first stage would be the formation of a stop condensate, and the second stage is the transition to the standard electroweak minimum. The two-stage transition could significantly relax the baryon erasure bounds, but the parameter space allowing it (m_H \lsim 100 GeV, m_tR \sim 155-160 GeV) is not very large. We estimate the reliability of our results using renormalization scale and gauge dependence. Finally we discuss some real-time aspects relevant for the viability of the two-stage scenario.
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  • 30 pages, 7 figures Report-no: HD-THEP-96-56
  • 11.10.Wx
  • 12.60.Jv
  • 98.80.Cq
  • Finite temperature field theory
  • Supersymmetry
  • Electroweak phase transition
  • gauge field theory: SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1)
  • supersymmetry
  • effective action
  • effective potential