ESTIMATING VACUUM TUNNELING RATES

Authors
DASGUPTA I
Citation
I. Dasgupta, ESTIMATING VACUUM TUNNELING RATES, Physics letters. Section B, 394(1-2), 1997, pp. 116-122
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
394
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
116 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1997)394:1-2<116:EVTR>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
In Euclidean field theories, a rigorous upper bound on the action of t he bounce with the least action can be obtained by finite numerical me thods because the bounce with the least action is the global minimum o f the action in an open space. The corresponding lower bound on the tu nneling rate is easily computed by a new method of ''reduction''.