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

Björn Garbrecht, Peter Millington

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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 quasidegenerate 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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number016001
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume98
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2018

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