Holography of AdS vacuum bubbles

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DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2010)123zbMATH Open1272.81137arXiv1003.4966MaRDI QIDQ367668FDOQ367668


Authors: J. L. F. Barbón, E. Rabinovici Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 16 September 2013

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the fate of AdS vacua connected by tunneling events. A precise holographic dual of thin-walled Coleman--de Luccia bounces is proposed in terms of Fubini instantons in an unstable CFT. This proposal is backed by several qualitative and quantitative checks, including the precise calculation of the instanton action appearing in evaluating the decay rate. Big crunches manifest themselves as time dependent processes which reach the boundary of field space in a finite time. The infinite energy difference involved is identified on the boundary and highlights the ill-defined nature of the bulk setup. We propose a qualitative scenario in which the crunch is resolved by stabilizing the CFT, so that all attempts at crunching always end up shielded from the boundary by the formation of black hole horizons. In all these well defined bulk processes the configurations have the same asymptotics and are finite energy excitations.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.4966




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