Cosmic bubble collisions

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/20/204008zbMATH Open1228.83134arXiv1107.2593OpenAlexW3105422773MaRDI QIDQ3100337FDOQ3100337

Authors: Matthew Kleban 

Publication date: 24 November 2011

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

Abstract: I briefly review the physics of cosmic bubble collisions in false-vacuum eternal inflation. My purpose is to provide an introduction to the subject for readers unfamiliar with it, focussing on recent work related to the prospects for observing the effects of bubble collisions in cosmology. I will attempt to explain the essential physical points as simply and concisely as possible, leaving most technical details to the references. I make no attempt to be comprehensive or complete. I also present a new solution to Einstein's equations that represents a bubble universe after a collision, containing vacuum energy and ingoing null radiation with an arbitrary density profile.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.2593

Recommendations

• Colliding bubble worlds
• Bubble universe dynamics after free passage
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2094420
• Kink collisions in curved field space
• Separation distribution of vacuum bubbles in de Sitter space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Cited In (10)

• Intersecting end of the world branes
• False vacuum decay in kink scattering
• Bubble collisions in a SU(2) model of QCD
• Colliding Kaluza Klein bubbles
• Collision of two kinks with inner structure
• Vacua and correlators in hyperbolic de Sitter space
• Rolling through a vacuum
• Cosmological networks
• Barnacles and gravity
• Colliding bubble worlds

This page was built for publication: Cosmic bubble collisions

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q3100337)