Mass Spectrum of the 3d SU(2) Higgs Model and the Symmetric Electroweak Phase

Journal article

We present results for the masses of the low-lying states with quantum numbers $0^{++}$, $2^{++}$ and $1^{--}$ as well as Polyakov line correlations in the Higgs and confinement regions of the 3d SU(2) Higgs model. In the confinement phase we find a dense spectrum of bound states approximately split into two disjoint sectors. One consists of W-balls nearly identical to the glueball spectrum of the pure gauge theory, the other of bound states of scalars.

Authors: Philipsen, O; Teper, M; Wittig, H

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1-3
• Pages: 626-628
• Publication date: 1996-08-13
• DOI: 10.1016/S0920-5632(96)00737-2
• ISSN: 0550-3213
• Language: English
• Keywords: hep-ph; hep-lat