BUBBLES WITHOUT CORES

1988
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 37 (1988) 3537-3542

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Abstract: (APS)
The decay of a false vacuum in a theory without a true vacuum is studied. Using variational arguments, we find that for a class of potentials of the type aφi+bφj (a>0,b<0 and i
  • FIELD THEORY: SCALAR
  • FIELD THEORY: VACUUM STATE
  • STABILITY
  • EFFECT: TUNNELING
  • EFFECT: INSTANTON
  • FIELD THEORY: PATH INTEGRAL
  • APPROXIMATION: semiclassical
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS