{
  "id": "1305.2919",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2013-05-13T20:00:02.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-10-16T13:10:01.000Z",
  "title": "Cosmic evolution from phase transition of 3-dimensional flat space",
  "authors": [
    "Arjun Bagchi",
    "Stephane Detournay",
    "Daniel Grumiller",
    "Joan Simon"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pp, v2: removed Tolman factor from the discussion and corrected footnote [40]; essentially matches published version in PRL",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 181301 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.181301",
  "categories": [
    "hep-th",
    "gr-qc"
  ],
  "abstract": "Flat space cosmology spacetimes are exact time-dependent solutions of 3-dimensional gravity theories, such as Einstein gravity or topologically massive gravity. We exhibit a novel kind of phase transition between these cosmological spacetimes and the Minkowski vacuum. At sufficiently high temperature (rotating) hot flat space tunnels into a universe described by flat space cosmology.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2013-10-16T13:10:01.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "04.60.Kz",
      "04.60.Rt",
      "04.70.Dy",
      "11.25.Tq",
      "98.80.Bp"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "phase transition",
      "cosmic evolution",
      "hot flat space tunnels",
      "flat space cosmology spacetimes",
      "exact time-dependent solutions"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "Nov",
      "volume": 111,
      "number": 18,
      "pages": 181301
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1233347,
      "adsabs": "2013PhRvL.111r1301B"
    }
  }
}