Non-perturbative materialization of ghosts

Details Non-perturbative materialization of ghosts Non-perturbative materialization of ghosts

2005-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0512274v2

JHEP0603:028,2006

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

43 pages, 12 figures. v2: reference added

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2006/03/028

In theories with a hidden ghost sector that couples to visible matter through gravity only, empty space can decay into ghosts and ordinary matter by graviton exchange. Perturbatively, such processes can be very slow provided that the gravity sector violates Lorentz invariance above some cut-off scale. Here, we investigate non-perturbative decay processes involving ghosts, such as the spontaneous creation of self-gravitating lumps of ghost matter, as well as pairs of Bondi dipoles (i.e., lumps of ghost matter chasing after positive energy objects). We find the corresponding instantons and calculate their Euclidean action. In some cases, the instantons induce topology change or have negative Euclidean action. To shed some light on the meaning of such peculiarities, we also consider the nucleation of concentrical domain walls of ordinary and ghost matter, where the Euclidean calculation can be compared with the canonical (Lorentzian) description of tunneling. We conclude that non-perturbative ghost nucleation processes can be safely suppressed in phenomenological scenarios.

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