Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models

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...

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Main Authors: Garbrecht, Björn, Millington, Peter
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Published: American Physical Society 2018
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description 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 j = 0 and j = 1, which include the approximate dilatational modes for j = 0, are dealt with by a resummation of one loop effects. For a parametric example, this resummation is carried out numerically.
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spelling nottingham-522982020-05-08T09:15:09Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52298/ Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models Garbrecht, Björn Millington, Peter 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 j = 0 and j = 1, which include the approximate dilatational modes for j = 0, are dealt with by a resummation of one loop effects. For a parametric example, this resummation is carried out numerically. American Physical Society 2018-07-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52298/8/PhysRevD.98.016001.pdf application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52298/1/abyss.pdf Garbrecht, Björn and Millington, Peter (2018) Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models. Physical Review D, 98 (1). 016001 /1-016001 /27. ISSN 2470-0029 https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.016001 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.016001 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.016001
spellingShingle Garbrecht, Björn
Millington, Peter
Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models
title Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models
title_full Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models
title_fullStr Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models
title_full_unstemmed Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models
title_short Fluctuations about the Fubini-Lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models
title_sort fluctuations about the fubini-lipatov instanton for false vacuum decay in classically scale invariant models
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52298/
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