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One-Loop Renormalization of a Self-Interacting Scalar Field in Nonsimply Connected Spacetimes
L. H. Ford, N. F. Svaiter
Using the effective potential, we study the one-loop renormalization of a massive self-interacting scalar field at finite temperature in flat manifolds with one or more compactifie…
Decoherence and Vacuum Fluctuations
L. H. Ford
The interference pattern of coherent electrons is effected by coupling to the quantized electromagnetic field. The amplitudes of the interference maxima are changed by a factor whi…
Detection of Particles Under Potential Barrier
Alexander Vilenkin, Serge Winitzki
We introduce a model detector which registers the passage of a particle through the detector location, without substantially perturbing the particle wave function. (The exact time…
Instantons for Vacuum Decay at Finite Temperature in the Thin Wall Limit
Jaume Garriga
In dimensions, false vacuum decay at zero temperature is dominated by the symmetric instanton, a sphere of radius , whereas at temperatures , the d…