Extra Electroweak Phase Transitions from Strong Dynamics

TL;DR

This paper explores how models with strong dynamics for electroweak symmetry breaking can exhibit complex phase diagrams, potentially leading to additional electroweak phase transitions in the early universe.

Contribution

It introduces the possibility of multiple electroweak phase transitions arising from strong dynamics models, expanding understanding of early-universe cosmology.

Findings

Models can have rich finite temperature phase diagrams

Extra electroweak phase transitions are possible in these models

Implications for early-universe cosmology and phase transition phenomena

Abstract

We show that models of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking can possess an extremely rich finite temperature phase diagram. We suggest that early-universe extra electroweak phase transitions can appear in these models.