PIRSA:08120058 Scientific Series Particle Physics

DOI10.48660/08120058

Series: Particle Physics

Brown, A. (2008). Quantum and Thermal decay in de Sitter space. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/08120058

Brown, Adam. Quantum and Thermal decay in de Sitter space. Perimeter Institute, Dec. 16, 2008, https://pirsa.org/08120058 

@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:08120058,
  doi = {10.48660/08120058},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/08120058},
  author = {Brown, Adam},
  keywords = {Particle Physics},
  language = {en},
  title = {Quantum and Thermal decay in de Sitter space},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2008},
  month = {dec},
  note = {PIRSA:08120058 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

What does vacuum decay look like in an inflating, de Sitter, spacetime? Is it predominantly a quantum process of tunneling through the barrier, or a thermal process of tunneling over the barrier?

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