Gravitational field of vacuum domain walls and strings

Alexander Vilenkin
Phys. Rev. D 23, 852 – Published 15 February 1981
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Abstract

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<tc.

  • Received 10 October 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.23.852

©1981 American Physical Society

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Alexander Vilenkin

  • Department of Physics, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155

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Vol. 23, Iss. 4 — 15 February 1981

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