Published 2018 | Version v1
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From black holes to baby universes: Exploring the possibility of creating a cosmos in the laboratory

Creators

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Padriciano (Italy)
  • 2. Foundational Questions Institute FQXi, Decatur (United States)
  • 3. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Physics, Beer-Sheva (Israel)

Description

We discuss the essential features of baby-universe production, starting from a description of black holes and wormholes, in terms of the causal structure of spacetime, and following a qualitative review of the connection between vacuum decay and inflation in early universe cosmology. Related open questions are also addressed, especially in connection with the possibility that baby universes could be formed within our present universe — either in a future particle accelerator, or spontaneously.

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.bjp-bg.com/papers/bjp2018_2_203-220.pdf;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Bulgarian Journal of Physics (Print)
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 203-220
ISSN
1310-0157

INIS

Country of Publication
Bulgaria
Country of Input or Organization
Bulgaria
INIS RN
49039535
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATORS; BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGY; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; JOINTS; SPACE-TIME; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS

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Notes
Available from http://www.bjp-bg.com/papers/bjp2018_2_203-220.pdf