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are false vacuum, phase transitions and bubble nucleation the same thing? i assumed they were just different ways to explain the same idea.?
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- 2 years ago
Yes, false vacuum and bubble nucleation during phase transitions are related events. False vacuum states are metastable in quantum field theories, and true vacuum bubbles can be nucleated due to the quantum tunneling effect. A black hole (BH) can be a nucleation site just like a boiling stone in a superheated liquid system, and the vacuum transition rate can be dramatically enhanced.
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