Kernel (J) warns of false vacua

zbMATH Open1287.81117arXiv1110.4332MaRDI QIDQ4900136FDOQ4900136

Authors: Michael Freedman 

Publication date: 11 January 2013

Abstract: J.H.C. Whitehead defined a map $J_r:p{i}_r(SO)ightarrowp{i}_r^s$ from the homotopy of the special orthogonal group to the stable homotopy of spheres. Within a toy model we show how the known computation for kernel$(J)$ leads to nonlinear $sigma$-models with spherical source (space) and spherical target which admit false vacua separated from the true vacuum by an energy barrier. In this construction, the dimension of space must be at least 8 and the dimension of the $sigma$-model target at least 5.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.4332

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum tunnel effectssigma-models in high energy physicsWhitehead \(J\)-homomorphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) (J)-homomorphism, Adams operations (19L20) (J)-morphism (55Q50)

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