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The nucleation of false vacuum bubbles with compact geometries
Bum-Hoon Lee, Chul H. Lee, Wonwoo Lee +1
We investigate and classify the possible types of false vacuum bubbles in Einstein gravity. The false vacuum bubbles can occur only if gravity is taken into account. We show that t…
The Battle of the Bulge: Decay of the Thin, False Cosmic String
Bum-Hoon Lee, Wonwoo Lee, Richard MacKenzie +3
We consider the decay of cosmic strings that are trapped in the false vacuum in a theory of scalar electrodynamics in 3+1 dimensions. We restrict our analysis to the case of thin-w…
Tunneling decay of false vortices
Bum-Hoon Lee, Wonwoo Lee, Richard MacKenzie +3
We consider the decay of vortices trapped in the false vacuum of a theory of scalar electrodynamics in 2+1 dimensions. The potential is inspired by models with intermediate symmetr…