Supercooling exit from charge supersaturation

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contents Systems that feature a scalar field $ϕ$ with a quasi scale invariant potential, metastable at $ϕ=0$, can remain trapped, during cosmic evolution, in the `wrong' vacuum because the process of bubble nucleation to the true vacuum is inefficient. If $ϕ$ carries a conserved charge $Q$, the presence in the system of a non-zero chemical potential for $Q$ offers the possibility of escaping eternal supercooling: when a species decouples from the plasma the balance among the stabilising effect of temperature and the destabilising effect of chemical potential can change in favour of the latter, so that $ϕ$ condenses and triggers the transition to the stable phase.
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spellingShingle Supercooling exit from charge supersaturation
Baratella, Pietro
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Systems that feature a scalar field $ϕ$ with a quasi scale invariant potential, metastable at $ϕ=0$, can remain trapped, during cosmic evolution, in the `wrong' vacuum because the process of bubble nucleation to the true vacuum is inefficient. If $ϕ$ carries a conserved charge $Q$, the presence in the system of a non-zero chemical potential for $Q$ offers the possibility of escaping eternal supercooling: when a species decouples from the plasma the balance among the stabilising effect of temperature and the destabilising effect of chemical potential can change in favour of the latter, so that $ϕ$ condenses and triggers the transition to the stable phase.
title Supercooling exit from charge supersaturation
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16601