Published August 15, 1988 | Version v1
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New axionic instantons in quantum gravity

Creators

  • 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106

Description

New Euclidean solutions, describing the nucleation of a baby universe, are presented for an axion (described by an antisymmetric tensor field strength of rank D-1 in D dimensions) coupled to gravity including a cosmological constant

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1327-1330
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19096437
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
AXIONS; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; INSTANTONS; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; METRICS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SPACE-TIME; SUPERGRAVITY; TENSOR FORCES; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUASI PARTICLES; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES