Published April 1, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Stationary bubbles and their tunneling channels toward trivial geometry

  • 1. Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan (China)
  • 2. Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)

Description

In the path integral approach, one has to sum over all histories that start from the same initial condition in order to obtain the final condition as a superposition of histories. Applying this into black hole dynamics, we consider stable and unstable stationary bubbles as a reasonable and regular initial condition. We find examples where the bubble can either form a black hole or tunnel toward a trivial geometry, i.e., with no singularity nor event horizon. We investigate the dynamics and tunneling channels of true vacuum bubbles for various tensions. In particular, in line with the idea of superposition of geometries, we build a classically stable stationary thin-shell solution in a Minkowski background where its fate is probabilistically given by non-perturbative effects. Since there exists a tunneling channel toward a trivial geometry in the entire path integral, the entire information is encoded in the wave function. This demonstrates that the unitarity is preserved and there is no loss of information when viewed from the entire wave function of the universe, whereas a semi-classical observer, who can see only a definitive geometry, would find an effective loss of information. This may provide a resolution to the information loss dilemma

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/04/013

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
04
Journal Page Range
p. 013
ISSN
1475-7516

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47095824
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; BUBBLES; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; PATH INTEGRALS; RESOLUTION; SINGULARITY; TUNNEL EFFECT; UNITARITY; UNIVERSE; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; SPACE