Gravitational Field of Vacuum Domain Walls and Strings

1981
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 23 (1981) 852-857

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Abstract: (APS)
The gravitational properties of vacuum domain walls and strings are studied in the linear approximation of general relativity. These properties are shown to be very different from those of regular massive planes and rods. It is argued that the domain walls are gravitationally unstable and collapse at a certain time ∼tc after their creation. If the vacuum walls ever existed, they must have disappeared at t
  • general relativity
  • FIELD THEORY: GRAVITATION
  • FIELD THEORY: VACUUM STATE
  • Einstein equation
  • TENSOR: ENERGY-MOMENTUM
  • APPROXIMATION: WEAK FIELD
  • MODEL: STRING
  • UNIFIED FIELD THEORY