Renormalized stress tensor in one-bubble spacetimes

DOI10.1023/A:1026620502136MaRDI QIDQ1972098zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Xavier Montes

Publication date 23 March 2000

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9904022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Abstract: We compute the two-point function and the renormalized expectation value of the stress tensor of a quantum field interacting with a nucleating bubble. Two simple models are considered. One is the massless field in the Vilenkin-Ipser-Sikivie spacetime describing the gravitational field of a reflection symmetric domain wall. The other is vacuum decay in flat spacetime where the quantum field only interacts with the tunneling field on the bubble wall. In both cases the stress tensor is of the perfect fluid form. The assymptotic form of the equation of state are given for each model. In the VIS case, we find that $p=-(1/3)ho$, where the energy density $ho$ is dominated by the gradients of supercurvature modes.

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