Effective Potential Improvements, $\epsilon$-expansions, and the Electroweak Phase Transition

Abstract

Two recently proposed approaches to the study of the electroweak phase transition are discussed.

4 pages, LaTex (requires espcrc2.sty which is appended). Contribution to the Proceedings of Trends in Astroparticle Physics

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