Critical Temperature of the Deconfining Phase Transition in (2+1)d Georgi-Glashow Model

TL;DR

This paper determines the critical temperature for the deconfining phase transition in the (2+1)d Georgi-Glashow model, showing its dependence on gauge coupling and Higgs-to-gauge boson mass ratio, and reproduces previous results in a specific limit.

Contribution

It provides a detailed calculation of the critical temperature in the (2+1)d Georgi-Glashow model, including its dependence on key parameters and confirms previous findings in the BPS limit.

Findings

Critical temperature depends on gauge coupling.

Critical temperature depends on Higgs and gauge boson mass ratio.

Reproduces previous BPS limit results.

Abstract

We find the temperature of the phase transition in the (2+1)d Georgi-Glashow model. The critical temperature is shown to depend on the gauge coupling and on the ratio of Higgs and gauge boson masses. In the BPS limit of light Higgs the previous result by Dunne, Kogan, Kovner, and Tekin is reproduced.