Non-perturbative methods for false vacuum decay

Understand

We propose a simple non-perturbative formalism for false vacuum decay using functional methods.

• We introduce the quasi-stationary effective action, a bounce action that non-perturbatively incorporates radiative corrections and is robust to strong couplings.
• The quasi-stationary effective action obeys an exact flow equation in a modified functional renormalization group with a motivated regulator functional.
• We demonstrate the use of this formalism in a simple toy model and compare our result with that obtained in perturbation theory.