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Lifetimes of (near) eternal false vacua
Aleksey Cherman, Theodore Jacobson
We consider examples of long-lived false vacua in quantum field theory that arise from so-called `universes'. These false vacua are protected by a -form global symmetry, whe…
hep-th2020★ 35 cited
Higgs-confinement phase transitions with fundamental representation matter
Aleksey Cherman, Theodore Jacobson, Srimoyee Sen +1
We discuss the conditions under which Higgs and confining regimes in gauge theories with fundamental representation matter fields can be sharply distinguished. It is widely believe…