Gravitational stabilization of scalar potentials

L. F. Abbott; Q. H. Park

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(85)91628-4

Gravitational stabilization of scalar potentials

L. F. Abbott, Q. H. Park

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Abstract

Using the formalism of Boucher we derive the conditions under which gravity can stabilize otherwise metastable or unstable scalar field configurations. For the case of a double-welled potential we rederive the stability criteria first obtained by Coleman and DeLuccia. Our derivation does not require the assumption of O(4) symmetry or the thin-walled approximation used in their work. We also give the conditions for which gravity can stabilize the symmetric points of general quartic potentials and of a Coleman-Weinberg potential.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	373-375
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	156
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(85)91628-4
Publication status	Published - 1985 Jun 27
Externally published	Yes

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Supported in part by the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC03-76-ER03232-011 and by an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship.

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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