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.

(Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation / Joti, A.; Katsis, A.; Loupas, D.; Salvio, A.; Strumia, A.; Tetradis, N.; Urbano, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2017:7(2017). [10.1007/JHEP07(2017)058]

(Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation

Urbano A.
2017

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.
2017
Classical Theories of Gravity; Higgs Physics; Renormalization Group; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons
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(Higgs) vacuum decay during inflation / Joti, A.; Katsis, A.; Loupas, D.; Salvio, A.; Strumia, A.; Tetradis, N.; Urbano, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2017:7(2017). [10.1007/JHEP07(2017)058]
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