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Monopole-Bubble in Early Universe

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-28 v1 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The nucleation and evolution of bubbles are investigated in the model of an O(3)O(3)-symmetric scalar field coupled to gravity in the high temperature limit. It is shown that, in addition to the well-known bubble of which the inside region is true vacuum, there exists another decay channel at high temperature which is described by a new solution such that a false vacuum region like a global monopole remains at the center of a bubble. The value of the Euclidean action of this bubble is higher than that of the ordinary bubble; however, the production rate of it can be considerable for a certain range of scalar potentials.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9604030,
  title  = {Monopole-Bubble in Early Universe},
  author = {Yoonbai Kim and Kei-ichi Maeda and Nobuyuki Sakai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9604030},
  year   = {2009}
}

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25 pages, latex

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