Vacuum stability and the Cholesky decomposition
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-06-13 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We discuss how the Cholesky decomposition may be used to ascertain whether a critical point of the field theory scalar potential provides a stable vacuum configuration. We then use this method to derive the stability conditions in a specific example.
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@article{arxiv.1102.2896,
title = {Vacuum stability and the Cholesky decomposition},
author = {James Unwin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.2896},
year = {2011}
}
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7 pages