Evolution of Vacuum Bubbles Embeded in Inhomogeneous Spacetimes [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.07500


As a first step in the analysis of the influence of inhomogeneities in the evolution of an inflating region, we study the propagation of bubbles of new vacuum in a radially inhomogeneous background filled with dust or radiation, and including a cosmological constant. For comparison, we also analyse the cases with homogeneous dust and radiation backgrounds. We show that the evolution of the bubble in the radiation environments is always slower than in the dust cases, both for homogeneous and inhomogeneous ambients, and leads to appreciable differences in the evolution of the proper radius of the bubble.

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F. Pannia and S. Bergliaffa
Mon, 27 Jun 16
23/43

Comments: 19 pages, 23 figures