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On Bubbles of Nothing in AdS/CFT
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✦ hep-th
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nothingbubblescondensatecontextconventionalcorrespondencecorrespondsdecay
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We discuss non-perturbative instabilities, mediated by bubbles of nothing, in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. By exploring the phase diagram of such decays we give an interpretation of the process in terms of an effective potential in a quantum mechanics of a single variable, a winding mode condensate. The decay corresponds to a conventional first order transition, the true vacuum being a non-geometrical "nothing" state.
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