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A fast C++ implementation of thermal functions

Authors :
Andrew Fowlie
Source :
Computer Physics Communications. 228:264-272
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2018.

Abstract

We provide a small C++ library with Mathematica and Python interfaces for computing thermal functions, defined $$ J_\text{B/F}(y^2) \equiv \Re \int_0^\infty x^2 \log\left[1 \mp e^{-\sqrt{x^2 + y^2}} \right] \,\text{d}x, $$ which appear in finite-temperature quantum field theory and play a role in phase-transitions in the early Universe, including baryogenesis, electroweak symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism.<br />Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures. To appear in Comput.Phys.Commun. The code is available from https://github.com/andrewfowlie/thermal_funcs

Details

ISSN :
00104655
Volume :
228
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Computer Physics Communications
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....cfb4bb6ec8fc3257ef920828888bb73e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2018.02.015