Axion dynamics in wormhole background

Journal Article · Mon May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.39.3185· OSTI ID:6035187

Rey, S

When axions are coupled to gravity, it is known that wormholes exist asgravitational instantons. These wormholes break global U(1) symmetry explicitlythus giving rise to the wormhole-induced low-energy effective Lagrangian. Wederive systematically this effective Lagrangian to lower orders in thederivative expansion. The role of U(1) symmetry to the third-quantized fieldtheory of topology change and the invisible-axion phenomenology in the wormholebackground are also discussed.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106(US)
• OSTI ID: 6035187
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 39:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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