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arXiv:1503.07331 (hep-th)
[Submitted on 25 Mar 2015 (v1), last revised 25 Aug 2015 (this version, v2)]

Title:Vacuum metastability with black holes

Authors:Philipp Burda, Ruth Gregory, Ian Moss
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Abstract:We consider the possibility that small black holes can act as nucleation seeds for the decay of a metastable vacuum, focussing particularly on the Higgs potential. Using a thin-wall bubble approximation for the nucleation process, which is possible when generic quantum gravity corrections are added to the Higgs potential, we show that primordial black holes can stimulate vacuum decay. We demonstrate that for suitable parameter ranges, the vacuum decay process dominates over the Hawking evaporation process. Finally, we comment on the application of these results to vacuum decay seeded by black holes produced in particle collisions.
Comments: 34 pages, 9 figures, published version
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th); General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
Report number: DCPT-15/11
Cite as: arXiv:1503.07331 [hep-th]
  (or arXiv:1503.07331v2 [hep-th] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1503.07331
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08%282015%29114

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From: Ruth Gregory [view email]
[v1] Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:59:48 UTC (878 KB)
[v2] Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:34:19 UTC (843 KB)
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