Stability of Axion-Saxion wormholes

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Main Authors: Hertog, T., Maenaut, S., Missoni, B., Tielemans, R., Van Riet, T.
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Published: 2024
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author Hertog, T.
Maenaut, S.
Missoni, B.
Tielemans, R.
Van Riet, T.
author_facet Hertog, T.
Maenaut, S.
Missoni, B.
Tielemans, R.
Van Riet, T.
contents We reconsider the perturbative stability of Euclidean axion wormholes. The quadratic action that governs linear perturbations is derived directly in Euclidean gravity. We demonstrate explicitly that a stability analysis in which one treats the axion as a normal two-form gauge field is equivalent to one performed in the Hodge-dual formulation, where one considers the axion as a scalar with a wrong-sign kinetic term. Both analyses indicate that axion wormholes are perturbatively stable, even in the presence of a massless dilaton, or saxion, field that couples to the axion.
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spellingShingle Stability of Axion-Saxion wormholes
Hertog, T.
Maenaut, S.
Missoni, B.
Tielemans, R.
Van Riet, T.
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We reconsider the perturbative stability of Euclidean axion wormholes. The quadratic action that governs linear perturbations is derived directly in Euclidean gravity. We demonstrate explicitly that a stability analysis in which one treats the axion as a normal two-form gauge field is equivalent to one performed in the Hodge-dual formulation, where one considers the axion as a scalar with a wrong-sign kinetic term. Both analyses indicate that axion wormholes are perturbatively stable, even in the presence of a massless dilaton, or saxion, field that couples to the axion.
title Stability of Axion-Saxion wormholes
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02072