2 papers
hep-ph2003
The self-consistent bounce: an improved nucleation rate
Y. Bergner, Luis M. A. Bettencourt
We generalize the standard computation of homogeneous nucleation theory at zero temperature to a scenario in which the bubble shape is determined self-consistently with its quantum…
hep-th2003
Dressing Up the Kink
Y. Bergner, Luis M. A. Bettencourt
Many quantum field theoretical models possess non-trivial solutions which are stable for topological reasons. We construct a self-consistent example for a self-interacting scalar f…