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Is the early universe cosmology phase transition thermal or quantum? WHY?
In this question How does SSB happen?, one of the answers assumes the nature of the early universe phase transition to be thermal. I need to know why can't such phase transition be a quantum phase ...
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What was above and below the QCD chiral symmetry breaking temperature?
Above a critical temperature in the Universe, there was probably a phase of unbroken approximate QCD chiral symmetry. Mathematically, the symmetry breaking is triggered when the operators $\bar{\psi}{\...
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Temperature dependence of the Higgs VEV
Presumably, The Higgs field vacuum expectation value has a strong temperature dependence close to the electroweak symmetry breaking phase transition. Does this have known consequences for the ...
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Do hierarchical condensates yield instantaneous or sequential symmetry breaking?
I am wondering whether the formation of a hierarchical vacuum condensate yields an instantaneous or sequential symmetry breaking in a cosmological phase transition. Let me illustrate this question ...
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