SUPERSYMMETRY IN THE FALSE VACUUM

Authors
KUSENKO A
Citation
A. Kusenko, SUPERSYMMETRY IN THE FALSE VACUUM, Physics letters. Section B, 377(4), 1996, pp. 245-249
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
377
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
245 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)377:4<245:SITFV>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A metastable state, or a false vacuum, is not an eigenstate of the Ham iltonian in quantum field theory. Its energy density has a non-zero im aginary part equal to its decay width. Therefore, supersymmetry cannot be exact in the false vacuum. We calculate the size of this effect us ing the path integral approach.