The Phase Diagram of a U(1) Higgs-Yukawa Model at Finite $\hat{I}»$

Abstract

In this paper we investigate how the phase diagram of a U(1) symmetric Higgs-Yukawa system depends on the scalar self coupling $\hat{I}»$. The phase diagram of similar models with continuous symmetry were extensively studied in the infinite scalar self coupling $\hat{I}»=\infty$ limit. Recent analytical and numerical calculations at zero self coupling showed qualitatively different phase diagram, raising the question of the $\hat{I}»$ dependence of the phase diagram. Here we use analytical (large $N_f$, perturbative and mean field) approximations as well as numerical simulations to investigate the system.

12 pages, 3 postscript figures