Covariant perturbations of domain walls in curved spacetime

1993/04/21 by Jemal Guven · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Covariant transformation #Domain (mathematical analysis) #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Minkowski space #Physics #Quantum field theory in curved spacetime #Quantum gravity #Quantum mechanics #Spacetime #Stationary spacetime #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.48.4604

published as Phys.Rev. D48 (1993) 4604-4608 · 15 pages,ICN-UNAM-93-01

arxiv created 1993/04/21 · openalex publication_date 1993/11/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

A manifestly covariant equation is derived to describe the perturbations in a domain wall on a given background spacetime. This generalizes recent work on domain walls in Minkowski space and introduces a framework for examining the stability of relativistic bubbles in curved spacetimes.

Citations

• Dynamics of false-vacuum bubbles

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