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Is the mean-field approximation so bad? A simple generalization yelding realistic critical indices for 3D Ising-class systems
Modification of the renormalization-group approach, invoking Stratonovich
transformation at each step, is proposed to describe phase transitions in 3D
Ising-class systems. The proposed method is closely related to the mean-field
approximation. The low-order scheme works well for a wide thermal range, is
consistent with a scaling hypothesis and predicts very reasonable values of
critical indices.Comment: 4 page
A strongly first order electroweak phase transition from strong symmetry-breaking interactions
We argue that a strongly first order electroweak phase transition is natural
in the presence of strong symmetry-breaking interactions, such as technicolor.
We demonstrate this using an effective linear scalar theory of the
symmetry-breaking sector.Comment: LaTex, 15 pages, 3 figures in EPS format. Phys. Rev. D approved
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