BubbleDet 0.3.5

A package for computing functional determinants

Computes the one-loop functional determinant entering the bubble nucleation rate, or vacuum decay rate.

Requirements

Based on Python 3. For necessary dependencies, see pyproject.toml.

Installation

Can be installed as a package with pip, or pip3, using:

pip install -e .

from the base directory of the repository. To install also optional dependencies for the docs and tests, instead run:

pip install -e .[docs,tests]

Tests

Tests can be run with:

pytest -v

Examples

A number of examples are collected in the directory examples/, include a simple real scalar model, a comparison to analytic results in the thin-wall limit. After installing the package, these can be run directly with Python, as in:

python3 examples/first_example.py