On the gauge invariance of the decay rate of false vacuum

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2017.05.057MaRDI QIDQ2410180zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Motoi Endo, Takeo Moroi, Mihoko M. Nojiri, Yutaro Shoji

Publication date 17 October 2017

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.09304

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Model quantum field theories (81T10)

Abstract: We study the gauge invariance of the decay rate of the false vacuum for the model in which the scalar field responsible for the false vacuum decay has gauge quantum number. In order to calculate the decay rate, one should integrate out the field fluctuations around the classical path connecting the false and true vacua (i.e., so-called bounce). Concentrating on the case where the gauge symmetry is broken in the false vacuum, we show a systematic way to perform such an integration and present a manifestly gauge-invariant formula of the decay rate of the false vacuum.

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