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Gravitational instability of empty Minkowski space-time

par Gunzig, Edgard ;Nardone, Pasquale
Référence Physics letters. Section B, 118, 4-6, page (324-326)
Publication Publié, 1982-12

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It is shown that empty Minkowski space-time is unstable in the presence of a massive scalar quantum field coupled to gravitation, provided the dimensionless parameter Km2 exceeds the threshold value Km2th = 288π2. This instability condition is identical with the existence condition for a recently proposed self-consistent cosmology. This is in strong analogy to a phase transition, with critical point at Km2th, the two phases being Minkowski and De Sitter spaces. © 1982.