False vacuum bubble nucleation due to a nonminimally coupled scalar field

Journal Article · Fri Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.74.123520· OSTI ID:20868190

Lee, Wonwoo; Park, Chanyong ^[1]; Lee, Bum-Hoon ^[2]; Lee, Chul H ^[3]

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1. Center for Quantum Spacetime, Sogang University, 121-742, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
2. Department of Physics, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742 (Korea, Republic of)
3. Department of Physics, and BK21 Division of Advanced Research and Education in Physics, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791 (Korea, Republic of)

We study the possibility of forming the false vacuum bubble nucleated within the true vacuum background via the true-to-false vacuum phase transition in curved spacetime. We consider a semiclassical Euclidean bubble in the Einstein theory of gravity with a nonminimally coupled scalar field. In this paper we present the numerical computations as well as the approximate analytical computations. We mention the evolution of the false vacuum bubble after nucleation.

• OSTI ID: 20868190
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 74, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.123520; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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