APEC Seminar (Astronomy - Particle Physics - Experimental Physics - Cosmology)

Speaker: Sayyed Rassouli (Nottingham)
Title: EFTs for Strong Phase Transitions
Date (JST): Thu, Oct 01, 2026, 15:30 - 16:30
Place: Seminar Room A
Abstract: I present an EFT framework for strong, indeed the strongest, cosmological phase transitions—this is precisely where standard high-temperature dimensional reduction fails. After reviewing high-temperature dimensional reduction for weak and intermediate transitions and pinpointing where its standard assumptions fail, we construct EFTs that remain valid for very strong transitions. The approach applies to Higgs-like and multi-field models, including those with tree-level barriers.