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ANOMALOUS FERMION NUMBER NON-CONSERVATION AT HIGH TEMPERATURES: TWO DIMENSIONAL EXAMPLE

Modern Physics Letters APublished 1 December 1987Open access
A. I. Bochkarev, Mikhail Shaposhnikov
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Abstract

We consider γ 5 version of Abelian Higgs model in 1 + 1 dimensions and find one loop expression for the rate of fermion number non-conservation at high temperatures. We discuss the construction of the noncontractible loop in the configuration space and an analog of the sphaleron solution in the theory.

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Physics and Astronomy