Dynamics of false vacuum bubbles with trapped particles
Marek Lewicki, Kristjan Müürsepp, Joosep Pata, Martin Vasar, Ville Vaskonen, Hardi Veermäe
Abstract
We study the impact of the ambient fluid on the evolution of collapsing false vacuum bubbles by simulating the dynamics of a coupled bubble-particle system. A significant increase in the mass of the particles across the bubble wall leads to a buildup of those particles inside the false vacuum bubble. We show that the backreaction of the particles on the bubble slows or even reverses the collapse. Consequently, if the particles in the true vacuum become heavier than in the false vacuum, the particle-wall interactions always decrease the compactness that the false vacuum bubbles can reach, making their collapse to black holes less likely.
Topics & Concepts
BubbleFalse vacuumParticle (ecology)PhysicsMechanicsDynamics (music)Ultra-high vacuumClassical mechanicsTheoretical physicsGeologyAcousticsQuantum mechanicsOceanographyCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics