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Seeding the decay of the false vacuum

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We present a theory of false vacuum decay induced by spherical nucleation seeds. The type of seed considered has a boundary characterized by surface energy terms. The theory applies to false vacuum decay at zero and finite temperatures. Seeded nucleation may be important for enabling future false vacuum decay experiments on analog systems using Bose Einstein condensates (BEC). We show that our theory of seeded nucleation at finite temperature applied to a potassium BEC in two spatial dimensions agrees with numerical, real-time, simulations. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Source: Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.110.105015

Authors: Matteo Canaletti, Ian G. Moss

Institution: Newcastle University

Language: English

Topic: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council

Awards: G1660176435, G2875180256, G4103325534, Supercooled Cosmological Simulator, Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics