Thermal phase transitions in cosmology

• Main Author: Laine, M.
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2001
• Subjects: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology hep-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Rovaniemi
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0111349; https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0111349

We review briefly the current status of thermal phase transitions within the Standard Model and its simplest extensions. We start with an update on QCD thermodynamics, then discuss the electroweak phase transition, particularly in supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, and end with a few r...