000596542 001__ 596542 000596542 005__ 20240204023703.0 000596542 0247_ $$2INSPIRETeX$$aBatini:2023zpi 000596542 0247_ $$2inspire$$ainspire:2709220 000596542 0247_ $$2arXiv$$aarXiv:2310.04206 000596542 0247_ $$2datacite_doi$$a10.3204/PUBDB-2023-06184 000596542 037__ $$aPUBDB-2023-06184 000596542 041__ $$aEnglish 000596542 088__ $$2DESY$$aDESY-23-158 000596542 088__ $$2arXiv$$aarXiv:2310.04206 000596542 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aBatini, Laura$$b0$$eCorresponding author 000596542 245__ $$aReal-time dynamics of false vacuum decay 000596542 260__ $$c2023 000596542 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)25$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aPreprint$$bpreprint$$mpreprint$$s1699965462_2529292 000596542 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aWORKING_PAPER 000596542 3367_ $$028$$2EndNote$$aElectronic Article 000596542 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$apreprint 000596542 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000596542 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Working Paper 000596542 520__ $$aWe investigate false vacuum decay of a relativistic scalar field initialized in the metastable minimum of an asymmetric double-well potential. The transition to the true ground state is a well-defined initial-value problem in real time, which can be formulated in nonequilibrium quantum field theory on a closed time path. We employ the non-perturbative framework of the two-particle irreducible (2PI) quantum effective action at next-to-leading order in a large-N expansion. We also compare to classical-statistical field theory simulations on a lattice in the high-temperature regime. By this, we demonstrate that the real-time decay rates are comparable to those obtained from the conventional Euclidean (bounce) approach. In general, we find that the decay rates are time dependent. For a more comprehensive description of the dynamics, we extract a time-dependent effective potential, which becomes convex during the nonequilibrium transition process. By solving the quantum evolution equations for the one- and two-point correlation functions for vacuum initial conditions, we demonstrate that quantum corrections can lead to transitions that are not captured by classical-statistical approximations. 000596542 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611$$a611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611)$$cPOF4-611$$fPOF IV$$x0 000596542 536__ $$0G:(GEPRIS)390833306$$aDFG project 390833306 - EXC 2121: Quantum Universe (390833306)$$c390833306$$x1 000596542 588__ $$aDataset connected to INSPIRE 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$afalse vacuum: decay 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$ahigher-order: 1 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$afield theory: scalar 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$atwo-point function 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aground state 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aexpansion 1/N 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aeffective action 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aasymmetry 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$anonperturbative 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$atwo-particle 000596542 650_7 $$2INSPIRE$$aboundary condition 000596542 693__ $$0EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101$$5EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101$$eNo specific instrument$$x0 000596542 7001_ $$0P:(DE-H253)PIP1094129$$aChatrchyan, Aleksandr$$b1$$udesy 000596542 7001_ $$aBerges, Jürgen$$b2 000596542 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596542/files/HTML-Approval_of_scientific_publication.html 000596542 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596542/files/PDF-Approval_of_scientific_publication.pdf 000596542 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596542/files/2310.04206v1.pdf$$yRestricted$$zStatID:(DE-HGF)0599 000596542 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596542/files/Decay_false_vacuum.pdf$$yOpenAccess$$zStatID:(DE-HGF)0510 000596542 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596542/files/2310.04206v1.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yRestricted$$zStatID:(DE-HGF)0599 000596542 8564_ $$uhttps://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/596542/files/Decay_false_vacuum.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yOpenAccess$$zStatID:(DE-HGF)0510 000596542 909CO $$ooai:bib-pubdb1.desy.de:596542$$pdnbdelivery$$pdriver$$pVDB$$popen_access$$popenaire 000596542 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)2008985-5$$6P:(DE-H253)PIP1094129$$aDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron$$b1$$kDESY 000596542 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-610$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-600$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bForschungsbereich Materie$$lMatter and the Universe$$vFundamental Particles and Forces$$x0 000596542 9141_ $$y2023 000596542 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 000596542 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0580$$2StatID$$aPublished 000596542 9201_ $$0I:(DE-H253)T-20120731$$kT$$lTheorie-Gruppe$$x0 000596542 980__ $$apreprint 000596542 980__ $$aVDB 000596542 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000596542 980__ $$aI:(DE-H253)T-20120731 000596542 9801_ $$aFullTexts