On Bubbles of Nothing in AdS/CFT
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
We discuss non-perturbative instabilities, mediated by bubbles of nothing, in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. By exploring the phase diagram of such decays we give an interpretation of the process in terms of an effective potential in a quantum mechanics of a single variable, a winding mode condensate. The decay corresponds to a conventional first order transition, the true vacuum being a non-geometrical "nothing" state.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0703220,
title = {On Bubbles of Nothing in AdS/CFT},
author = {Jianyang He and Moshe Rozali},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0703220},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
15 pages, 7 figures, minor changes