Phase transitions in general gravity theories

Abstract

Phase transitions between two competing vacua of a given theory are quite common in physics. We discuss how to construct the space-time solutions that allow the description of phase transitions between different branches (or asymptotics) of a given higher curvature gravity theory at finite temperature.

4 pages, 1 figure, Contribution to the Conference Proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal (ERE2012)

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