Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models
High Energy Physics - Theory
2018-07-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
For a scalar theory whose classical scale invariance is broken by quantum effects, we compute self-consistent bounce solutions and Green's functions. Deriving analytic expressions, we find that the latter are similar to the Green's functions in the archetypal thin-wall model for tunneling between quasi-degenerate vacua. The eigenmodes and eigenspectra are, however, very different. Large infrared effects from the modes of low angular momentum and , which include the approximate dilatational modes for , are dealt with by a resummation of one-loop effects. For a parametric example, this resummation is carried out numerically.
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@article{arxiv.1804.04944,
title = {Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models},
author = {Bjorn Garbrecht and Peter Millington},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.04944},
year = {2018}
}
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26 pages, 9 figures, revtex format; to match published version