One-loop corrections to the metastable vacuum decay

Details One-loop corrections to the metastable vacuum decay One-loop corrections to the metastable vacuum decay

2003-07-21

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0307202v1

Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 025009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

31 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.69.025009

We evaluate the one-loop prefactor in the false vacuum decay rate in a theory of a self interacting scalar field in 3+1 dimensions. We use a numerical method, established some time ago, which is based on a well-known theorem on functional determinants. The proper handling of zero modes and of renormalization is discussed. The numerical results in particular show that quantum corrections become smaller away from the thin-wall case. In the thin-wall limit the numerical results are found to join into those obtained by a gradient expansion.

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