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We study radiative corrections to the decay rate of false vacua, paying particular attention to the renormalization-scale dependence of the decay rate. The decay rate exponentially depends on the bounce action. The bounce action itself is renormalization-scale dependent. To make the decay rate scale-independent, radiative corrections, which are due to the field fluctuations around the bounce, have to be included. We show quantitatively that the inclusion of the fluctuations suppresses the scale dependence, and hence is important for the precise calculation of the decay rate. We also apply our analysis to a supersymmetric model and show that the radiative corrections are important for the Higgs-stau system with charge breaking minima.
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Endo, M., Moroi, T., Nojiri, M.M. et al. Renormalization-scale uncertainty in the decay rate of false vacuum. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 31 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2016)031
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