Quantum Decoherence of Subcritical Bubble in Electroweak Phase Transition
Abstract
In a weakly first order phase transition, the typical scale of a subcritical bubble calculated in our previous papers turned out to be too small. At this scale quantum fluctuations may dominate, and our previous classical result may be altered. We thus examine the critical size of a subcritical bubble where a quantum-to-classical transition occur through quantum decoherence. We show that this critical size is almost equal to the typical scale which we obtained previously.
- Publication:
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Progress of Theoretical Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 1996
- DOI:
- 10.1143/PTP.95.313
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/9512304
- Bibcode:
- 1996PThPh..95..313S
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Astrophysics;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, LaTex file, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physics