A New Mechanism for Bubble Nucleation: Classical Transitions

Details A New Mechanism for Bubble Nucleation: Classical Transitions A New Mechanism for Bubble Nucleation: Classical Transitions

2009-07-19

arxiv.org/abs/0907.3234v1

Phys.Rev.D80:123519,2009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

4 pages, 4 figures, animations related to figures can be found at http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/personal/jgiblin/BubbleMovi

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.123519

Given a scalar field with metastable minima, bubbles nucleate quantum mechanically. When bubbles collide, energy stored in the bubble walls is converted into kinetic energy of the field. This kinetic energy can facilitate the classical nucleation of new bubbles in minima that lie below those of the "parent" bubbles. This process is efficient and classical, and changes the dynamics and statistics of bubble formation in models with multiple vacua, relative to that derived from quantum tunneling.

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