Ask a Question

Prefer a chat interface with context about you and your work?

Pseudostable bubbles

Pseudostable bubbles

The evolution of spherically symmetric unstable scalar field configurations ("bubbles") is examined for both symmetric and asymmetric double-well potentials. Bubbles with initial static energies ${E}_{0}\ensuremath{\lesssim}{E}_{\mathrm{crit}}$, where ${E}_{\mathrm{crit}}$ is some critical value, shrink in a time scale determined by their linear dimension or "radius." Bubbles with ${E}_{0}\ensuremath{\gtrsim}{E}_{\mathrm{crit}}$ evolve into time-dependent, localized …