Vacuum instability

DOI10.1007/S10702-006-0519-2MaRDI QIDQ2505691zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. S. Wesson

Publication date 28 September 2006

Published in Foundations of Physics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0407038

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: Following fresh attempts to resolve the problem of the energy density of the vacuum, we reconsider the case where the cosmological constant is derived from a higher-dimensional version of general relativity, and interpret the gauge-dependence of $Lambda$ as a dynamical effect. This leads to a relation between the change in $Lambda$ and the line element (action) which is independent of gauge choices and fundamental constants: $dLambdad{s}^2=-3$. This implies that the (classical) vacuum is unstable, with implications for particle production.

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• EXACT SOLUTIONS OF EMBEDDING THE 4D UNIVERSE IN A 5D EINSTEIN MANIFOLD
• Gauge-dependent cosmological  constant
• Vacuum waves
• Physics of dark energy particles
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• Decay of vacuum energy
• Vacuum type D initial data
• Infrared sensitivity of unstable vacua
• Dark matter and cosmic acceleration from Wesson's IMT
• Flyover vacuum decay
• Gauge-noninvariance of quantum cosmology and vacuum dark energy
• Properties of the false vacuum as a quantum unstable state

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