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Auteurs principaux: Ookouchi, Yutaka, Sato, Ryota, Tsukahara, Sohei
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Publié: 2024
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13917
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author Ookouchi, Yutaka
Sato, Ryota
Tsukahara, Sohei
author_facet Ookouchi, Yutaka
Sato, Ryota
Tsukahara, Sohei
contents In the decay process of metastable vacua in quantum field theories, the bounce solution, a classical solution in Euclideanized theories, is helpful in calculating the decay rate. Recently, the bounce solution with a conical singularity has attracted wide attention and revealed physical importance. In this paper, we discuss the bubble of nothing solution, which describes the decay process of a five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein vacuum, and study the consequence of including conical singularity. We found that the bounce solution with singularities has a higher decay rate than those without. This effect suggests that a singular solution can play a dominant role in vacuum decay of theories with compact internal space. We also discuss the enhanced decay rate from a thermodynamic perspective.
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spellingShingle Decay of Kaluza-Klein Vacuum via Singular Instanton
Ookouchi, Yutaka
Sato, Ryota
Tsukahara, Sohei
High Energy Physics - Theory
In the decay process of metastable vacua in quantum field theories, the bounce solution, a classical solution in Euclideanized theories, is helpful in calculating the decay rate. Recently, the bounce solution with a conical singularity has attracted wide attention and revealed physical importance. In this paper, we discuss the bubble of nothing solution, which describes the decay process of a five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein vacuum, and study the consequence of including conical singularity. We found that the bounce solution with singularities has a higher decay rate than those without. This effect suggests that a singular solution can play a dominant role in vacuum decay of theories with compact internal space. We also discuss the enhanced decay rate from a thermodynamic perspective.
title Decay of Kaluza-Klein Vacuum via Singular Instanton
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13917