Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5494949 | Physics Letters B | 2017 | 7 Pages |
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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Authors
Motoi Endo, Takeo Moroi, Mihoko M. Nojiri, Yutaro Shoji,