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Main Authors: Wang, Hong, Wu, Yuxuan, Li, Ran, Wang, Jin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00284
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author Wang, Hong
Wu, Yuxuan
Li, Ran
Wang, Jin
author_facet Wang, Hong
Wu, Yuxuan
Li, Ran
Wang, Jin
contents In this study, we generalize the work of Farhi, Guth and Guven [Nucl. Phys. B 339 (1990) 417] to include a wormhole effect. We study the influence of the wormhole on the tunneling of the false vacuum bubble. The spherically symmetric bubble has two domain walls. The classical dynamics of each domain wall are constrained by two classically forbidden regions. We find that the wormhole has increased the number of instantons and thus can enhance the tunneling rate. We have analytically derived the formula for the bubble tunneling rate, which is consistent with the result obtained by Farhi, Guth and Guven when the wormhole disappears. We show that the tunneling rate increases with the throat radius of the wormhole. Furthermore, we illustrate that the tunneling rate increases with an increases in the mass of the black hole or the surface tension. In the case where a wormhole exists within a bubble and is connected to another universe, we demonstrate that the bubble can enter into another universe through quantum tunneling.
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spellingShingle Impacts of wormholes on false vacuum bubble tunneling
Wang, Hong
Wu, Yuxuan
Li, Ran
Wang, Jin
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
In this study, we generalize the work of Farhi, Guth and Guven [Nucl. Phys. B 339 (1990) 417] to include a wormhole effect. We study the influence of the wormhole on the tunneling of the false vacuum bubble. The spherically symmetric bubble has two domain walls. The classical dynamics of each domain wall are constrained by two classically forbidden regions. We find that the wormhole has increased the number of instantons and thus can enhance the tunneling rate. We have analytically derived the formula for the bubble tunneling rate, which is consistent with the result obtained by Farhi, Guth and Guven when the wormhole disappears. We show that the tunneling rate increases with the throat radius of the wormhole. Furthermore, we illustrate that the tunneling rate increases with an increases in the mass of the black hole or the surface tension. In the case where a wormhole exists within a bubble and is connected to another universe, we demonstrate that the bubble can enter into another universe through quantum tunneling.
title Impacts of wormholes on false vacuum bubble tunneling
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00284