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Erratum: Fate of the false vacuum: semiclassical theory
Abstract
In the paragraph following Eq.(3.10),I assert that I have been able to prove that the bounce of minimum action is spherically symmetric.This assertion is false, as is the paper containing the purported proof to which it refers, which has been withdrawn from publication.At this time, to my knowledge, spherical symmetry of the bounce of minimum action remains an unproved assumption.I am indebted to Ian Aff lect for showing me the error of my way.
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“Indeed, when considering the non-perturbative stability of false vacua [20,21], if supersymmetry is unbroken the decay rate will be zero, as the euclidean action of the instanton associated to the nucleation of a “true vacuum” bubble will diverge [22][23][24].”
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“the DEC is violated (although by tiny amounts) by quantum effects such as Casimir energies [52], false vacua (in the Coleman-DeLuccia sense [20]), and just about in any AdS vacuum.”
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Gravitational effects on and of vacuum decay
Coleman, S., & De Luccia, F. (1980) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.21.3305 · Cited by 1,537
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Burda, P., Gregory, R., & Moss, I. G. (2015) · Journal of High Energy Physics · doi:10.1007/jhep08(2015)114 · Cited by 144
Nothing is certain in string compactifications
Etxebarria, I. G., Montero, M., Sousa, K., & Valenzuela, I. (2020) · Journal of High Energy Physics · doi:10.1007/jhep12(2020)032 · Cited by 87
Density perturbations and the cosmological constant from inflationary landscapes
Feldstein, B., Hall, L. J., & Watari, T. (2005) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.72.123506 · Cited by 74
Dibitetto, G., Petri, N., & Schillo, M. (2020) · Journal of High Energy Physics · doi:10.1007/jhep08(2020)040 · Cited by 45
Metadata
- Authors
- Coleman, S.
- Venue
- Physical Review D
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1977-08-15
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1248-1248
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- Cited by
- 600
- References
- 0
- Language
- en
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