The Sphaleron Barrier in the Presence of Fermions
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چکیده
We calculate the minimal energy path over the sphaleron barrier in the presence of fermions, assuming that the fermions of a doublet are degenerate in mass. This allows for spherically symmetric ansätze for the fields, when the mixing angle dependence is neglected. While light fermions have little influence on the barrier, the presence of heavy fermions (MF ∼ TeV) strongly deforms the barrier, giving rise to additional sphalerons for very heavy fermions (MF ∼ 10 TeV). Heavy fermions form non-topological solitons in the vacuum sector. Utrecht-Preprint THU-93/17
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