Vacuum decay in an interacting multiverse

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.05.091zbMATH Open1367.83112arXiv1512.04073OpenAlexW2202286188WikidataQ62046707 ScholiaQ62046707MaRDI QIDQ2012407FDOQ2012407

Authors: A. Alonso-Serrano, Salvador Robles-Pérez, Catarina Bastos, O. Bertolami 

Publication date: 31 July 2017

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We examine a new multiverse scenario in which the component universes interact. We focus our attention to the process of "true" vacuum nucleation in the false vacuum within one single element of the multiverse. It is shown that the interactions lead to a collective behaviour that might lead, under specific conditions, to a pre-inflationary phase and ensued distinguishable imprints in the comic microwave background radiation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.04073

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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