(Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation
Abstract We develop the formalism for computing gravitational corrections to vacuum decay from de Sitter space as a sub-Planckian perturbative expansion. Non-minimal coupling to gravity can be encoded in an effective potential. The Coleman bounce continuously deforms into the Hawking-Moss bounce, un...
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| author | Aris Joti Aris Katsis Dimitris Loupas Alberto Salvio Alessandro Strumia Nikolaos Tetradis Alfredo Urbano |
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| description | Abstract We develop the formalism for computing gravitational corrections to vacuum decay from de Sitter space as a sub-Planckian perturbative expansion. Non-minimal coupling to gravity can be encoded in an effective potential. The Coleman bounce continuously deforms into the Hawking-Moss bounce, until they coincide for a critical value of the Hubble constant. As an application, we reconsider the decay of the electroweak Higgs vacuum during inflation. Our vacuum decay computation reproduces and improves bounds on the maximal inflationary Hubble scale previously computed through statistical techniques. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6178b9c31c464ee68130ce87156ce2802022-12-21T18:53:29ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792017-07-012017712110.1007/JHEP07(2017)058(Higgs) vacuum decay during inflationAris Joti0Aris Katsis1Dimitris Loupas2Alberto Salvio3Alessandro Strumia4Nikolaos Tetradis5Alfredo Urbano6Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensDepartment of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensDepartment of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensCERN, Theoretical Physics DepartmentCERN, Theoretical Physics DepartmentDepartment of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensCERN, Theoretical Physics DepartmentAbstract We develop the formalism for computing gravitational corrections to vacuum decay from de Sitter space as a sub-Planckian perturbative expansion. Non-minimal coupling to gravity can be encoded in an effective potential. The Coleman bounce continuously deforms into the Hawking-Moss bounce, until they coincide for a critical value of the Hubble constant. As an application, we reconsider the decay of the electroweak Higgs vacuum during inflation. Our vacuum decay computation reproduces and improves bounds on the maximal inflationary Hubble scale previously computed through statistical techniques.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)058Higgs PhysicsSolitons Monopoles and InstantonsRenormalization GroupClassical Theories of Gravity |
| spellingShingle | Aris Joti Aris Katsis Dimitris Loupas Alberto Salvio Alessandro Strumia Nikolaos Tetradis Alfredo Urbano (Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation Journal of High Energy Physics Higgs Physics Solitons Monopoles and Instantons Renormalization Group Classical Theories of Gravity |
| title | (Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation |
| title_full | (Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation |
| title_fullStr | (Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation |
| title_full_unstemmed | (Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation |
| title_short | (Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation |
| title_sort | higgs vacuum decay during inflation |
| topic | Higgs Physics Solitons Monopoles and Instantons Renormalization Group Classical Theories of Gravity |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)058 |
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