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Braneworld Instantons

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-08-12 v2

Abstract

We derive the general equations of motion for a braneworld containing a (localized) domain wall. Euclideanization gives the geometry for braneworld false vacuum decay. We explicitly derive these instantons and compute the amplitude for false vacuum decay. We also show how to construct a toy ekpyrotic instanton. Finally, we comment on braneworlds with a compact spatial direction and the adS soliton.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0107108,
  title  = {Braneworld Instantons},
  author = {Ruth Gregory and Antonio Padilla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0107108},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

27 pages revtex, 10 figures, instanton action corrected, referenes and appendix added