Attractor Explosions and Catalyzed Vacuum Decay

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dc.creatorGreen, Daniel
dc.creatorSilverstein, Eva
dc.creatorStarr, David
dc.date2006-05-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:59:24Z
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dc.descriptionWe present a mechanism for catalyzed vacuum bubble production obtained by combining moduli stabilization with a generalized attractor phenomenon in which moduli are sourced by compact objects. This leads straightforwardly to a class of examples in which the Hawking decay process for black holes unveils a bubble of a different vacuum from the ambient one, generalizing the new endpoint for Hawking evaporation discovered recently by Horowitz. Catalyzed vacuum bubble production can occur for both charged and uncharged bodies, including Schwarzschild black holes for which massive particles produced in the Hawking process can trigger vacuum decay. We briefly discuss applications of this process to the population and stability of metastable vacua.
dc.description26 pages harvmac big; 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0605047
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0605047
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D74:024004,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.74.024004
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/206549
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleAttractor Explosions and Catalyzed Vacuum Decay
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