We review the formalism by which the tunnelling probability of an unstable ground state can be computed in quantum field theory, with special reference to the Standard Model of electroweak interactions. We describe in some detail the approximations implicitly adopted in such calculation. Particular attention is devoted to the role of scale invariance, and to the different implications of scale-invariance violations due to quantum effects and possible new degrees of freedom. We show that new interactions characterized by a new energy scale, close to the Planck mass, do not invalidate the main conclusions about the stability of the Standard Model ground state derived in absence of such terms.
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Titolo: | Stability of the electroweak ground state in the Standard Model and its extensions |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
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Citazione: | Stability of the electroweak ground state in the Standard Model and its extensions / Di Luzio, Luca; Isidori, Gino; Ridolfi, Giovanni. - In: PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. - ISSN 0370-2693. - STAMPA. - 753(2016), pp. 150-160. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11567/858982 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01.01 - Articolo su rivista |