We review the description of tunnelling phenomena in the semi-classical approximationinordinaryquantummechanicsandinquantumfieldtheory.In particular,wedescribeindetailthecalculation,uptothefirstquantumcorrec- tions,ofthedecayprobabilityperunittimeofametastablegroundstate.We applytherelevantformalismtothecaseofthestandardmodelofelectroweak intera. 6 mai 2022 · Download a PDF of the paper titled False vacuum decay: an introductory review, by Federica Devoto and 3 other authors Download PDF Abstract: We review the description of tunnelling phenomena in the semi-classical approximation in ordinary quantum mechanics and in quantum field theory. 6 mai 2022 · False vacuum decay: an introductory review May 2022 Authors: Federica Devoto Simone Devoto Luca Di Luzio Giovanni Ridolfi Università degli Studi di Genova Preprints and early-stage.