The universe out of a monopole in the laboratory?

TL;DR

This paper investigates the potential for creating an inflationary universe from a stable magnetic monopole in laboratory conditions, analyzing classical and quantum dynamics to identify possible transition mechanisms.

Contribution

It introduces a model for monopole dynamics in the thin-shell approximation and explores transition pathways to inflationary states via collisions or tunneling.

Findings

Identification of stable, collapsing, and inflating monopole solutions

Proposition of collision and quantum tunneling as transition mechanisms

Insight into laboratory creation of inflationary universes

Abstract

To explore the possibility that an inflationary universe can be created out of a stable particle in the laboratory, we consider the classical and quantum dynamics of a magnetic monopole in the thin-shell approximation. Classically there are three types of solutions: stable, collapsing and inflating monopoles. We argue that the transition from a stable monopole to an inflating one could occur either by collision with a domain wall or by quantum tunneling.