A Wrinkle in Coleman - De Luccia
arXiv:0706.0485 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.161601
Abstract
Stringy effects on vacuum transitions are shown to include surprisingly large decay rates through very high potential barriers. This simple, yet counter-intuitive result will drastically modify the measure on the landscape of string vacua.
4 pages, 2 figures, changes made to 'including gravity' section
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