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On the Existence of the Coleman Instantons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-11-03 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We identify infinite classes of potentials for which the Coleman instantons do not exist. For these potentials, the decay of a false vacuum must be described by the new instantons introduced in [7,8].

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@article{arxiv.2104.12661,
  title  = {On the Existence of the Coleman Instantons},
  author = {Viatcheslav Mukhanov and Alexander Sorin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.12661},
  year   = {2021}
}

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6 pages, LaTeX, 2 figures