Published December 8, 1988 | Version v1
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Thermal instability of the de Sitter vacuum

Creators

  • 1. Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). Facultad de Ciencias

Description

Assuming thermal equilibrium between the hot de Sitter vacuum and thermal radiation we obtain the second moments in the fluctuations of the energy around that equilibrium. Its stability imposes an upper limit on the temperature of this vacuum. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
215
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
64-66
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
20017527
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMOLOGY; FLUCTUATIONS; INSTABILITY; LIMITING VALUES; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; THERMAL RADIATION; UNIVERSE; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUILIBRIUM; RADIATIONS; VARIATIONS