Using Wheeler-DeWitt wave functionals, the paper argues that Minkowski-to-de Sitter nucleation has a nonzero relative probability in the zero-mass Schwarzschild limit and that dS-to-dS rates match Coleman-De Luccia and Brown-Teitelboim.
Vacuum Decay in General Relativity
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We provide a novel, concise and self-contained evaluation of true- and false vacuum decay rates in general relativity. We insist on general covariance and choose observable boundary conditions, which yields the well known false-vacuum decay rate and a new true-vacuum decay rate that differs significantly from prior work. The rates of true- and false vacuum decays are identical in general relativity. The second variation of the action has a negative mode for all parameters. Our findings imply a new perspective on cosmological initial conditions and the ultimate fate of our universe.
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Quantum Transitions Between Minkowski and de Sitter Spacetimes
Using Wheeler-DeWitt wave functionals, the paper argues that Minkowski-to-de Sitter nucleation has a nonzero relative probability in the zero-mass Schwarzschild limit and that dS-to-dS rates match Coleman-De Luccia and Brown-Teitelboim.