Relativistic Detonation Waves and Bubble Growth in False Vacuum Decay

Oct, 1981
42 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 25 (1982) 2074
Report number:
  • UPR-0181T

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Abstract: (APS)
After reviewing the current understanding of relativistic shock waves, a detailed analysis of relativistic detonation waves is presented. It is proposed that the motion of a detonation wave is analogous to the growth of a bubble nucleated during false vacuum decay at finite temperatures. Some possible applications of these results to cosmology are discussed.