1210.4740 (I-Sheng Yang)

The Negative Mode for small CDL instantons    [PDF]

I-Sheng Yang

We show that in contrary to the common impression, the small Coleman-de Luccia instanton has the same radial negative mode as the big ones. We argue that both mediate the vacuum transitions in similar ways and provide the thermal interpretations.

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