dynamics of a two-step electroweak phase transition · sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble...

72
Hiren Patel [email protected] May 2, 2014 Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition ACFI Higgs Portal Workshop Pavel Fileviez Pérez Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf Kai Wang in Collaboration with

Upload: others

Post on 20-Feb-2020

3 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren [email protected]

May 2, 2014

Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition

ACFI Higgs Portal Workshop

Pavel Fileviez Pérez Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf Kai Wang

in Collaboration with

Page 2: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 2

First order electroweak phase transition

B+L-violating EW Sphalerons convert baryons back to anti-leptons.

Sphaleron proc. must be quenched!

via bubble nucleation

baryons captured, and preserved.

Electroweak Baryogenesis and

Sakharov’s Criteria

e-�H Generation of particle/antiparticle asymmetry

C,CP B Generation of baryon

asymmetry

Thermal jumps

0 1

“EW Sphaleron”

Page 3: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 3

First order electroweak phase transition

B+L-violating EW Sphalerons convert baryons back to anti-leptons.

Sphaleron proc. must be quenched!

via bubble nucleation

baryons captured, and preserved.

Electroweak Baryogenesis and

Sakharov’s Criteria

e-�H Generation of particle/antiparticle asymmetry

C,CP B Generation of baryon

asymmetry

Thermal jumps

0 1

“EW Sphaleron”

Kinetic theory: sphaleron rate related to its mass (energy)

Sphaleron mass dependent on Higgs field value inside bubble

At phase transition, need ratio to be large.

Baryon number preservation criterion on strength of phase transition.

?

Page 4: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 3

First order electroweak phase transition

B+L-violating EW Sphalerons convert baryons back to anti-leptons.

Sphaleron proc. must be quenched!

via bubble nucleation

baryons captured, and preserved.

Electroweak Baryogenesis and

Sakharov’s Criteria

e-�H Generation of particle/antiparticle asymmetry

C,CP B Generation of baryon

asymmetry

Thermal jumps

0 1

“EW Sphaleron”

Kinetic theory: sphaleron rate related to its mass (energy)

Sphaleron mass dependent on Higgs field value inside bubble

At phase transition, need ratio to be large.

Baryon number preservation criterion on strength of phase transition.

?

This talk (outline):set C, CP-violation aside

1. New Strategy to strengthen phase transition

Two-step phase transition

Connection to colliders

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, PRD 88 (2013), 035013

P. Fileviez Pérez, H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, K. Wang. PRD 79 (2009), 055024

Page 5: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 3

First order electroweak phase transition

B+L-violating EW Sphalerons convert baryons back to anti-leptons.

Sphaleron proc. must be quenched!

via bubble nucleation

baryons captured, and preserved.

Electroweak Baryogenesis and

Sakharov’s Criteria

e-�H Generation of particle/antiparticle asymmetry

C,CP B Generation of baryon

asymmetry

Thermal jumps

0 1

“EW Sphaleron”

Kinetic theory: sphaleron rate related to its mass (energy)

Sphaleron mass dependent on Higgs field value inside bubble

At phase transition, need ratio to be large.

Baryon number preservation criterion on strength of phase transition.

?

This talk (outline):set C, CP-violation aside

1. New Strategy to strengthen phase transition

Two-step phase transition

Connection to colliders

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, PRD 88 (2013), 035013

P. Fileviez Pérez, H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, K. Wang. PRD 79 (2009), 055024

Problem: This is gauge dependent

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

2. Gauge dependence

Page 6: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Previous Strategies

4

(to strengthen phase transition)

Tune parameters, or add new fields (DoF) to model to:

In general, very difficult.

Condition from requiring quenched sphalerons:

> related to model parameters

Make bigger.

Make smaller.

Central quantity of interest: Effective Potential

Page 7: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Previous Strategies

5

Extend model with extra scalar degrees of freedom.

(to strengthen phase transition)

Page 8: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Previous Strategies

5

Extend model with extra scalar degrees of freedom.

Effective potential a function of multiple order parameters.

(to strengthen phase transition)

Page 9: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Previous Strategies

5

Extend model with extra scalar degrees of freedom.

Effective potential a function of multiple order parameters.

In regions of parameter space, structure of free energy is such that there could be a multi-step phase transition.

step 2

step 1

(to strengthen phase transition)

Page 10: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Previous Strategies

5

Extend model with extra scalar degrees of freedom.

Effective potential a function of multiple order parameters.

In regions of parameter space, structure of free energy is such that there could be a multi-step phase transition.

step 2

step 1

If extra degrees of freedom are SM-gauge singlets, EW sphaleron not affected in essential way, !Condition on phase transition strength

?

Applied only on final step.

(to strengthen phase transition)

Page 11: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 6

If extra scalar degrees of freedom carry gauge quantum numbers,

step 2

step 1

Sphalerons would couple to scalar field, phase transitions induced by these could influence them.

In this setup, it may be easier to generate a strong first order phase transition at step 1.

underlying parameters controlling this step are largely unconstrained.

(model-builder’s POV)

(but possibly measured at LHC)

Page 12: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

SM — Formulation

7

Scalar Field Content:

Higgs doublet

2

SU(2) real triplet

3

P. Fileviez Pérez, H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, K. Wang. PRD 79 (2009), 055024

Page 13: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

SM — Formulation

7

Scalar Field Content:

Higgs doublet

2

SU(2) real triplet

3

Couplings:

Fermiophobic — incompatible hypercharge

(renormalizable)

Standard modelnew particle mass + self coupling Higgs portal interaction

Gauge-couplings: couples to W, Z and EM field

Scalar potential:

Four unmeasured parameters

P. Fileviez Pérez, H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, K. Wang. PRD 79 (2009), 055024

Page 14: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Phenomenological Constraints

8

In general, potential permits VEVs for both and .

Triplet VEV contributes to W mass (but not Z)

W mass Z mass

Page 15: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Phenomenological Constraints

8

In general, potential permits VEVs for both and .

Triplet VEV contributes to W mass (but not Z)

W mass Z mass

SM relation: weak charged and neutral current rates upset

SM (L.O.) SM

Page 16: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Phenomenological Constraints

8

In general, potential permits VEVs for both and .

Triplet VEV contributes to W mass (but not Z)

W mass Z mass

SM relation: weak charged and neutral current rates upset

SM (L.O.) SM

Experimentally, SM relation satisfied to high prec.

(95% conf.)

Translates to bound:

Page 17: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Phenomenological Constraints

9

Translates to bound:Experimentally, SM relation satisfied to high prec.

(95% conf.)

Easy and natural explanation of smallness:

depends linearly on (for small values):(1% EW scale)

Page 18: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Phenomenological Constraints

9

Translates to bound:Experimentally, SM relation satisfied to high prec.

(95% conf.)

Easy and natural explanation of smallness:

depends linearly on (for small values):(1% EW scale)

Technically natural, but make simplifying assumption:

Three unmeasured parameters

Page 19: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Potential is now SO(3) symmetricand has

Phenomenological Constraints

9

Translates to bound:Experimentally, SM relation satisfied to high prec.

(95% conf.)

Easy and natural explanation of smallness:

depends linearly on (for small values):(1% EW scale)

Technically natural, but make simplifying assumption:

Three unmeasured parameters

Page 20: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Particle Spectrum

10

…(LHC)

Page 21: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Particle Spectrum

10

…(LHC)

Three new scalar states

(LEP)

Page 22: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Cirelli, Fornengo, Strumia arXiv:0706.4071 (hep-ph)

Particle Spectrum

10

(97%)( 3%)

(stable)

EW radiative corrections split degeneracy

(LHC)

Three new scalar states

(LEP)

Page 23: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Cirelli, Fornengo, Strumia arXiv:0706.4071 (hep-ph)

Particle Spectrum

10

Fix

(97%)( 3%)

(stable)

EW radiative corrections split degeneracy

(LHC)

Three new scalar states

(LEP)

Page 24: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Cirelli, Fornengo, Strumia arXiv:0706.4071 (hep-ph)

Particle Spectrum

10

Fix

(97%)( 3%)

(stable)

EW radiative corrections split degeneracy

(LHC)

Three new scalar states

(LEP)

Page 25: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Zero-temperature Vacuum Structure

11

Electroweak vacuum

metastable vacuum

Region B

Electroweak vacuum

Region A

Pattern of phase transition influenced by zero-T vacuum structure

100 120 140 160 180 2000.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

A

B

EW vacuum metastable

model potential

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, PRD 88 (2013), 035013

Page 26: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Zero-temperature Vacuum Structure

11

Electroweak vacuum

metastable vacuum

Region B

Electroweak vacuum

Region A

Finite temperature:

Baryon asymmetry generation in first step

Step

1 Step 2one step

Pattern of phase transition influenced by zero-T vacuum structure

100 120 140 160 180 2000.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

A

B

EW vacuum metastable

model potential

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, PRD 88 (2013), 035013

Page 27: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

’t Hooft—Polyakov Monopoles

12

Peculiar feature: Sigma phase resembles Glashow-Salam model of EW interactions (no weak-neutral currents)

’t Hooft and Polyakov showed stable magnetic monopole solution.=> early universe populated by monopoles=> subsequently wiped out after 2nd phase transition to EW phase.

Page 28: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

’t Hooft—Polyakov Monopoles

12

Peculiar feature: Sigma phase resembles Glashow-Salam model of EW interactions (no weak-neutral currents)

’t Hooft and Polyakov showed stable magnetic monopole solution.=> early universe populated by monopoles=> subsequently wiped out after 2nd phase transition to EW phase.

Rubakov effect: scattering with Fermions violates B+L exactly like sphalerons.In addition to sphaleron processes, monopoles would also wipeout baryon asymmetryBut to what extent?

Page 29: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

’t Hooft—Polyakov Monopoles

12

Peculiar feature: Sigma phase resembles Glashow-Salam model of EW interactions (no weak-neutral currents)

’t Hooft and Polyakov showed stable magnetic monopole solution.=> early universe populated by monopoles=> subsequently wiped out after 2nd phase transition to EW phase.

Rubakov effect: scattering with Fermions violates B+L exactly like sphalerons.In addition to sphaleron processes, monopoles would also wipeout baryon asymmetryBut to what extent?

Depends on monopole concentration:

1. Kibble mechanism2. Thermal production (Dominant)

(monopole-antimonopole pair-production)

( )equil. monopole number density

Bigger Higher mass Lower concentration

Page 30: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

100 120 140 160 180 2000.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

Baryon preservation

13

Step

1 Step 2 Step 1:

- Sphalerons rates suppressed - Monopole density suppressed

stronger Step 1 greater suppression

model potential

Page 31: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

100 120 140 160 180 2000.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

Baryon preservation

13

Step

1 Step 2 Step 1:

- Sphalerons rates suppressed - Monopole density suppressed

stronger Step 1 greater suppression

Qualitatively:

Smaller leads to stronger transition:

(gauge-dep) Step 10.44

0.50

0.56

0.62

0.68

0.74

model potential

Page 32: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

100 120 140 160 180 2000.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

Baryon preservation

13

Step

1 Step 2 Step 1:

- Sphalerons rates suppressed - Monopole density suppressed

stronger Step 1 greater suppression

Qualitatively:

Smaller leads to stronger transition:

(gauge-dep) Step 10.44

0.50

0.56

0.62

0.68

0.74

model potential

1.2

4.0

Step 2:

- SM EW Klinkhamer-Manton Sphalerons rates suppressed

always sufficiently strong

Page 33: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Modified Higgs Decay

14

Currently, most sensitive to

Higgs-portal coupling adds new contribution to amplitude

model potential

—20%

—30%

+10%

+20%

0%

1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

—40%

—10%

Page 34: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Modified Higgs Decay

14

Currently, most sensitive to

Higgs-portal coupling adds new contribution to amplitude

model potential

—20%

—30%

+10%

+20%

0%

1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

—40%

—10%

Page 35: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Modified Higgs Decay

15

Currently, most sensitive to

Higgs-portal coupling adds new contribution to amplitude

model potential

—20%

—30%

+10%

+20%

0%

1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

—40%

—10% April 2014

) µSignal strength (0 1 2 3

ATLAS

-1Ldt = 4.6-4.8 fb∫ = 7 TeV s

-1Ldt = 20.7 fb∫ = 8 TeV s

= 125.5 GeVHm

0.28-

0.33+ = 1.55µ

γγ →H

0.15±

0.21±

0.23±

0.4-

0.5+ = 1.6µTtLow p 0.3±

0.6-

0.7+ = 1.7µTtHigh p 0.5±

0.6-

0.8+ = 1.9µmass (VBF)2 jet high

0.6±

1.1-

1.2+ = 1.3µVH categories 0.9±

0.35-

0.40+ = 1.43µ

4l→ ZZ* →H 0.14±

0.17±

0.33±

0.9-

1.6+ = 1.2µcategoriesVBF+VH-like

0.9- 1.6+

0.36-

0.43+ = 1.45µcategoriesOther 0.35±

0.28-

0.31+ = 0.99µ

νlν l→ WW* →H 0.12±0.21±

0.21±

0.32-

0.33+ = 0.82µ0+1 jet 0.22±

0.6-

0.7+ = 1.4µ2 jet VBF 0.5±

0.18-

0.21+ = 1.33µ

, ZZ*, WW*γγ→Comb. H

0.11±

0.15±

0.14±

Total uncertaintyµ on σ 1±

(stat)σ

(sys)σ

(theo)σ

1 20 3

Page 36: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

LHC Production:

16

1 charged track missing

Potential has Z2 symmetry: associated production of .

2 charged tracks missing

Distinctive LHC signature

model potential

Page 37: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

LHC Production:

16

1 charged track missing

Potential has Z2 symmetry: associated production of .

2 charged tracks missing

Production cross section:

Distinctive LHC signature

model potential

Page 38: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

as a CDM candidate

17

M. Cirelli, A. Strumia, M. Tamburini. Nucl. Phys. B787, 152 (2007)

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.50

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

observed abundance

no resum

Sommerfeld resum.

Rel

ic A

bund

ance

Annihilation channels: model potential

Page 39: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

as a CDM candidate

17

M. Cirelli, A. Strumia, M. Tamburini. Nucl. Phys. B787, 152 (2007)

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.50

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

observed abundance

no resum

Sommerfeld resum.

Rel

ic A

bund

ance

Annihilation channels:

Dark matter saturation at 2.7 TeV

model potential

Page 40: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

as a CDM candidate

17

M. Cirelli, A. Strumia, M. Tamburini. Nucl. Phys. B787, 152 (2007)

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.50

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

observed abundance

no resum

Sommerfeld resum.

Rel

ic A

bund

ance

Annihilation channels:

14 TeV LHC:production

Dark matter saturation at 2.7 TeV

model potential

Page 41: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 18

Kinetic theory: sphaleron rate related to its mass (energy)

Sphaleron mass dependent on Higgs field value inside bubble

At phase transition, need ratio to be large.

Baryon number preservation criterion on strength of phase transition.

?

This talk (outline):set C, CP-violation aside

1. New Strategy to strengthen phase transition

Two-step phase transition

Connection to colliders

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, PRD 88 (2013), 035013

P. Fileviez Pérez, H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, K. Wang. PRD 79 (2009), 055024

Problem: This is gauge dependent

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 42: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

(standard) Computation of

19

1. Track evolution of minima in as a function of temperature.

2. Numerically solve minimization and degeneracy condition equations:

1

2

decreasing temperature

Page 43: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

(standard) Computation of

19

1. Track evolution of minima in as a function of temperature.

2. Numerically solve minimization and degeneracy condition equations:

1

2

decreasing temperature

In a gauge theory, the effective potential is gauge dependent.

0 50 100 150 200

Standard Model

Page 44: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

(standard) Computation of

19

1. Track evolution of minima in as a function of temperature.

2. Numerically solve minimization and degeneracy condition equations:

1

2

decreasing temperature

In a gauge theory, the effective potential is gauge dependent.

0 50 100 150 200

Standard Model

Computed and depends on gauge parameter

Page 45: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Diagnosis & Resolution I

20

Determination of (or )Tc TN

h�iTc

& 1

Nielsen identity

gauge-independentTc

• valid order-by-order in loop-expansion !

• But, numerical solution to minimization condition

leads to inconsistent truncation in loop-expansion!

~Diagnosis~

1.

2.

Page 46: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Diagnosis & Resolution I

20

Determination of (or )Tc TN

h�iTc

& 1

Nielsen identity

gauge-independentTc

• valid order-by-order in loop-expansion !

• But, numerical solution to minimization condition

leads to inconsistent truncation in loop-expansion!

~Diagnosis~

1.

2.

Minimize by an inversion of series

V (�, T ) = V0 + ~V1 + ~2V2 + . . .

�min = �0 + ~�1 + ~2�2 + . . .

~Resolution~

Equation for ea. power of ; yields .

counts # of loops

Subs. into each side;

V (�min, T ) = V0(�0) + ~V1(�0, T )

“h-bar Expansion method”

Page 47: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Diagnosis & Resolution I

21

Determination of (or )Tc TN

h�iTc

& 1

Nielsen identity

gauge-independentTc

• valid order-by-order in loop-expansion !

• But, numerical solution to minimization condition

leads to inconsistent truncation in loop-expansion!

~Diagnosis~

1.

2.

Minimize by an inversion of series

V (�, T ) = V0 + ~V1 + ~2V2 + . . .

�min = �0 + ~�1 + ~2�2 + . . .

~Resolution~

Equation for ea. power of ; yields .

counts # of loops

Subs. into each side;

V (�min, T ) = V0(�0) + ~V1(�0, T )

T

VeffHfminL

phase 1phase2

phase 3

TC, 1TC, 2

Gauge-independent critical temperatures

Expression gives gauge independent minima of the effective potential.

consistent with Nielsen identity. (explicitly checked at 1-loop)

Page 48: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Diagnosis & Resolution II

22

h�iTc

& 1

Nielsen identity

gauge-independent

• h�i

• minimizing field is an inherently unphysical quantity. !

• Sets the sphaleron energy scale. !• Nielsen identity applies to

sphaleron energy.

~Diagnosis~

Determination of .h�i

Page 49: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Diagnosis & Resolution II

22

h�iTc

& 1

Nielsen identity

gauge-independent

• h�i

• minimizing field is an inherently unphysical quantity. !

• Sets the sphaleron energy scale. !• Nielsen identity applies to

sphaleron energy.

~Diagnosis~

1. Compute sphaleron energy based on gauge-invariant effective action.

~Resolution~

2. Extract gauge-invariant scale from .

Determination of .h�i

Page 50: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Diagnosis & Resolution II

22

h�iTc

& 1

Nielsen identity

gauge-independent

• h�i

• minimizing field is an inherently unphysical quantity. !

• Sets the sphaleron energy scale. !• Nielsen identity applies to

sphaleron energy.

~Diagnosis~

1. Compute sphaleron energy based on gauge-invariant effective action.

~Resolution~

2. Extract gauge-invariant scale from .

Gauge-invariant baryon number preservation criterion:

1.Use gauge invariant sphaleron scale !2. Determine Tc gauge-

invariantly

Bottom line

Determination of .h�i

Page 51: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Back up

23

Page 52: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Electroweak Baryogenesis and

Sakharov’s Criteria

24

symmetric phase

bubble

B C,CP e-�H

e-�H

Bubble nucleation

bubblesymmetric phase

C,CP

B

(+2nd & 3rd gen.)

Thermal jumps

tunneling0 1

“EW Sphaleron”

Symmetric phase

�EW � (gT )4

bubble

Page 53: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel

Electroweak Baryogenesis and

Sakharov’s Criteria

24

symmetric phase

bubble

B C,CP e-�H

e-�H

Bubble nucleation

bubblesymmetric phase

C,CP

B

(+2nd & 3rd gen.)

Thermal jumps

tunneling0 1

“EW Sphaleron”

Symmetric phase

�EW � (gT )4

bubble

Page 54: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 55: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

Insert here

( counts # of loops)

1. ~

~

~

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 56: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

Insert here

( counts # of loops)

1. ~

~

~

Effective potential will be a series in .

2.~

eff ~ ~as will its derivative:

eff ~ ~

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 57: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

Insert here

( counts # of loops)

1. ~

~

~

Effective potential will be a series in .

2.~

eff ~ ~as will its derivative:

eff ~ ~

Minimization condition:

eff min

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 58: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

Insert here

( counts # of loops)

1. ~

~

~

Effective potential will be a series in .

2.~

eff ~ ~as will its derivative:

eff ~ ~

Minimization condition:

eff min

Solve by “inversion of series”:3.min ~ ~

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 59: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

Insert here

( counts # of loops)

1. ~

~

~

Effective potential will be a series in .

2.~

eff ~ ~as will its derivative:

eff ~ ~

Minimization condition:

eff min

Solve by “inversion of series”:3.min ~ ~

“tree-level VEV” quant. corr.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 60: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

Insert here

( counts # of loops)

1. ~

~

~

Effective potential will be a series in .

2.~

eff ~ ~as will its derivative:

eff ~ ~

Minimization condition:

eff min

Solve by “inversion of series”:3.min ~ ~

“tree-level VEV” quant. corr.

Insert into minimization condition

eff min ~~ ~

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 61: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

Insert here

( counts # of loops)

1. ~

~

~

Effective potential will be a series in .

2.~

eff ~ ~as will its derivative:

eff ~ ~

Minimization condition:

eff min

Solve by “inversion of series”:3.min ~ ~

“tree-level VEV” quant. corr.

Insert into minimization condition

eff min ~~ ~

expand:

~

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 62: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 25

“ —Expansion Method”

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

establishes “tree-level VEV”

GENUINE one-loop correction

Key observation:“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

Insert here

( counts # of loops)

1. ~

~

~

Effective potential will be a series in .

2.~

eff ~ ~as will its derivative:

eff ~ ~

Minimization condition:

eff min

Solve by “inversion of series”:3.min ~ ~

“tree-level VEV” quant. corr.

Insert into minimization condition

eff min ~~ ~

expand:

~

Each power of h-bar must satisfy equality.

...~

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 63: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

~

min ~ ~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 64: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~

min ~ ~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 65: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

min ~ min ~ min

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~

min ~ ~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 66: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

min ~ min ~ min

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~ ~~ ~ ~

~

min ~ ~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 67: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

min ~ min ~ min

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~ ~~ ~ ~

~

min ~ ~

expand once more~

~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 68: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

min ~ min ~ min

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~ ~~ ~ ~

~

min ~ ~

expand once more~

~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 69: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

min ~ min ~ min

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~ ~~ ~ ~

~

min ~ ~

expand once more~

~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 70: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

min ~ min ~ min

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~ ~~ ~ ~

~

min ~ ~

expand once more~

~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 71: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

min ~ min ~ min

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~ ~~ ~ ~

~

min ~ ~

~

~

expand once more~

~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029

Page 72: Dynamics of a two-step Electroweak Phase Transition · Sphaleron proc. must be quenched! via bubble nucleation baryons captured, and preserved. Electroweak Baryogenesis and Sakharov’s

Hiren Patel 26

Calculation of the vacuum energy:

min ~ min ~ min

4. Insert into potential:eff min

~ ~~ ~ ~

~

min ~ ~

~

~

Therefore, to order , the vacuum energy is obtained by evaluating the one-loop potential at the tree-level minimum .

~

expand once more~

~

“ —Expansion Method”Key observation:

“Brute force” minimization retains incomplete higher-order estimates. Must drop these incomplete estimates.

H.Patel, M.J. Ramsey-Musolf, JHEP 1107 (2011), 029