O(3)-invariant processes at false vacuum decay in general relativity

Journal Article · Thu Dec 20 04:00:00 EST 1990 · International Journal of Modern Physics A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X90001951· OSTI ID:5527739

Berezin, V A; Tkachev, I I ^[1]; Kuzmin, V A ^[2]

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1. Inst. for Nuclear Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 60th October Anniversary Prospect 7a, 117312 Moscow (SU)
2. Inst. for Cosmic Ray Research, Univ. of Tokyo, Tanashi-shi, Tokyo 188 (JP)

The authors of this paper derived a general formula for the action for 0(3)-invariant tunneling processes at false vacuum decay in general relativity. A general classification of bubble shell Euclidean trajectories is elaborated and explicit expressions for bounces for a number of processes like spontaneous vacuum creation of a double bubble (in particular in the vicinity of a black hole), subbarrier creation of the Einstein-Rosen bridge, tunneling of a black hole to the state of a wormhole, creation from nothing of two Minkowski worlds connected by a shell, etc., are given.

• OSTI ID: 5527739
• Journal Information: International Journal of Modern Physics A; (United States), Journal Name: International Journal of Modern Physics A; (United States) Vol. 5:24; ISSN IMPAE; ISSN 0217-751X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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