4 papers
Non-perturbative plaquette in 3d pure SU(3)
A. Hietanen, K. Kajantie, M. Laine +2
We present a determination of the elementary plaquette and, after the subsequent ultraviolet subtractions, of the finite part of the gluon condensate, in lattice regularization in…
Thermal phase transitions in cosmology
M. Laine
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…
Vortices in equilibrium scalar electrodynamics
A. Rajantie, K. Kajantie, M. Karjalainen +2
Scalar electrodynamics can be used to investigate the formation of cosmic strings in the early universe. We present the results of lattice Monte Carlo simulations of an effective t…
3d effective theories for the Standard Model and extensions
M. Laine
The construction and analysis of 3d effective theories for the description of the thermodynamics of the cosmological electroweak phase transition are reviewed. For the Standard Mod…