Published December 2007
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Journal article
Bubbles unbound: bubbles of nothing without Kaluza-Klein
Description
I present analytic time symmetric initial data for five dimensions describing ''bubbles of nothing'' which are asymptotically flat in the higher dimensional sense, i.e. there is no Kaluza-Klein circle asymptotically. The mass and size of these bubbles may be chosen arbitrarily and in particular the solutions contain bubbles of any size which are arbitrarily light. This suggests the solutions may be important phenomenologically and in particular I show that at low energy there are bubbles which expand outwards, suggesting a new possible instability in higher dimensions. Further, one may find bubbles of any size where the only region of high curvature is confined to an arbitrarily small volume
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Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2007
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 007
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39044396
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BUBBLES; COSMOLOGY; INSTABILITY; KALUZA-KLEIN THEORY; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES