A strongly first order electroweak phase transition from strong symmetry-breaking interactions

Thomas Appelquist, Myckola Schwetz, Stephen B. Selipsky
1995 Physical Review D, Particles and fields  
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.
doi:10.1103/physrevd.52.4741 pmid:10019697 fatcat:wlmwm3xzzzgi7m5mzlumbtg6de