Hawking-Moss Tunneling with a Dirac-Born-Infeld Action
arXiv:0802.0623 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.107702
Abstract
The Hawking-Moss tunneling rate for a field described by the Dirac-Born-Infeld action is calculated using a stochastic approach. We find that the effect of the non-trivial kinetic term is to enhance the tunneling rate, which can be exponentially significant. This result should be compared to the DBI enhancement found in the Coleman-de Luccia case.
4 pages, version accepted in Phys. Rev. D., additional references and example application
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