Absence of resonant decay for metastable vacua in gauge theories of scalar fields

M. Cardella*, S. Elitzur, E. Rabinovici

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Abstract

We prove the impossibility of resonant decay of a metastable vacuum in a theory of a scalar field coupled to a gauge field. Our result extends to gauge theories of scalar fields a recent no go theorem for resonant tunneling in a pure scalar field theory.

Original languageEnglish
Article number077
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2008
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2008

Keywords

  • Nonperturbative effects
  • Solitons monopoles and instantons

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