Instantons for particles joined by strings in three dimensional gravity

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AB4A3EMaRDI QIDQ5160125zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Liam M. O'Brien, Lorenzo Sorbo

Publication date 28 October 2021

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.06483, https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20191114-101551161

zbMATH Keywords

exact solutionsinstantonsthree dimensional gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Minkowski geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry (51B20) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We study the instantons describing the production of particles at the ends of codimension-one objects (strings and struts) in $(2+1)$-dimensional Minkowski and de Sitter spaces. A Minkowskian background allows only for systems with vanishing total mass, so that either negative mass particles or negative tension struts are required. On a de Sitter background, on the other hand, we find processes describing the production of string/particle systems with no negative energies involved. We also compute the probabilities of creating and of breaking an infinite cosmic string in de Sitter space. We perform our analysis of the system in de Sitter space employing a generalization of the toroidal coordinate system to the three-sphere.

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