PERIMETER INSTITUTE RECORDED SEMINAR ARCHIVE
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Thick-wall tunneling in a piecewise linear and quadratic potential Speaker(s): Pascal Vaudrevange
Abstract: After reviewing the basics of Coleman deLuccia tunneling, especially in the thin-wall limit, I discuss an (almost) exact tunneling solution in a piecewise linear and quadratic potential. A comparison with the exact solution for a piecewise linear potential demonstrates the dependence of the tunneling rate on the exact shape of the potential.
Finally, I will mention applications when determining initial conditions for inflation in the landscape. Based on arXiv:1102.4742 [hep-th].
Date: 19/04/2011 - 2:00 pm
Series: Cosmology & Gravitation
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