The false and true vacuum are related by energy. The false vacuum is at higher energy, but also has a higher level of symmetry. The true vacuum is of broken symmetry. The false vacuum is transient or unstable and transitions by quantum tunneling or the Ginsburg-Landau mechanism, or Higgs, to the lower energy vacuum. There may be a transfer of symmetry parameters with degrees of freedom from the false to true vacuum.
Phantom energy is a case where the energy density of the vacuum in the observable universe increases by some mechanism. This means the true vacuum at low energy will recover the so called false vacuum as the FLRW vacuum of the observable universe is absorbed back into the de Sitter vacuum of the eternal inflationary spacetime. LC On Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 8:12:57 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > The Big Rip is an interesting hypothesis and the concept is that when the > false vacuum goes poof, there is the True Vacuum as a substrate. This may > have been what Boltzmann had projected, as opposed to later theorists > essays who came along after Boltzmann committed suicide. This is briefly, > the earliest paper on this topic that I could quickly uncover: Martin Rees > & Piet Hut 1983 > How stable is our vacuum? - NASA/ADS (harvard.edu) > <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983Natur.302..508H/abstract> > My guess is that if the Universe possesses an Observer, an observer that > thinks in the conventional way we humans understand thinking, then that BB, > is perhaps a one time occurence, is the Mind of the Universe, or some mind > that came up with a universe or a multiverse, simply by observing and > evolving, maybe? I always liked Vilenkin of Tufts creation inflation > proposal. > > And maybe not. It's like how the universe ends? Cyclic retraction > expansion like Steinhardt & Turock, or Frampton & Baum, or a permanent > collapse, eternal expansion to evanescence, False Vacuum Snaps Apart??? I > suspect growing complexity is evolving, and uncovered by new discoveries, > but in the meantime, BB answers some basic question, for me. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lawrence Crowell <[email protected]> > To: Everything List <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, May 30, 2021 9:58 am > Subject: Re: Was, Re: The theology of number, (Now) The Universe Learns > (not released on April 1st) > > The Boltzmann brain is only really a problem if the vacuum or spacetime of > the observable universe is "eternal." It probably is not, and in fact there > are reasons to suspect the vacuum of the universe has phantom energy. This > will force the universe into a big rip in 10 trillion years or so. This is > based on data with Hubble constant discrepancy. SN1 data with H = > 74km/sec-Mpc and CMB data with H = 68km/sec-Mpc, So the entire observable > universe may be ripped asunder down to and beyond quarks and leptons long > before a BB is statistically possible. > > LC > > On Monday, May 24, 2021 at 4:56:31 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > > My view is that Big BB has a unique viewpoint that crystalizes its view as > the Prime Observer, and nudges things from arithmetic into reality. How > this hocus pocus occurs (cause and effect) is more than a bit above my > consciousness, the specific mechanics of this. With theorists like Sean > Carroll, the Boltzmann Brain is a troubling thing, because there would be a > plenitude of observers arising like virtual particles (photons) out of the > true vacuum flowing. I figured there may in all of these Brahma-cycles (not > an Indian motorbike), one grand observer. But, I could be wrong and I am > not looking for research funds to prove this theology wrong. Meanwhile here > is an ancient magazine article in Discover from years ago, celebrating the > Bruno explanation for reality. > > https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/everything-in-the-universe-is-made-of-math-including-you > > this includes all Boltzmann Brain, but they have no special role at all, > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/f679dc48-07ee-48d1-b306-0b0caedff774n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/f679dc48-07ee-48d1-b306-0b0caedff774n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/ed8bc244-2226-47cd-a500-ca743c0e4fb9n%40googlegroups.com.
