Scalar Field Vacuum Expectation Value Induced by Gravitational Wave Background

Preston Jones; Patrick McDougall; Michael Ragsdale; Douglas Singleton

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.04.055

Scalar Field Vacuum Expectation Value Induced by Gravitational Wave Background

Preston Jones, Patrick McDougall, Michael Ragsdale, Douglas Singleton

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Abstract

We show that a massless scalar field in a gravitational wave background can develop a non-zero vacuum expectation value. We draw comparisons to the generation of a non-zero vacuum expectation value for a scalar field in the Higgs mechanism and with the dynamical Casimir vacuum. We propose that this vacuum expectation value, generated by a gravitational wave, can be connected with particle production from gravitational waves and may have consequences for the early Universe where scalar fields are thought to play an important role.

Original language	American English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	781
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.04.055
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

Gravitational waves
particle production
Higgs mechanism

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Cosmology, Relativity, and Gravity
Physical Processes

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