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The European Physical Journal C
ISSN: 1434-6044 (printed version)
ISSN: 1434-6052 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 1 Issue 1/2 (1998) pp 363-368
theoretical physics:
Measuring the interface tension when the electroweak phase transition becomes weak
M. Gürtler (1), E.-M. Ilgenfritz (2), A. Schiller (1)
(1) Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany (e-mail: guertler@tph204.physik.uni-leipzig.de, schiller@tph204.physik.uni-leipzig.de)
(2) Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-10115 Berlin, Germany (e-mail: ilgenfri@phA1.physik.hu-berlin.de)
Received: 27 February 1997
Abstract. We measure the interface tension near the phase transition endpoint of the $3d$ $SU(2)$-Higgs model. The tunnel correlation length method is used and compared to other approaches. A modified scaling behaviour for the mass gap as function of the transverse area is proposed.
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Online publication: December 11, 1997
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