This part of the problem, therefore, will be left for our descendants to solve. ... Through the equations of general relativity, these properties alone determine how space-time is distorted by a region of false vacuum. ... Not so, however, say the equations of general relativity. ... A quantum system can make a discontinuous transition from one configuration to another, even when the system would not normally have enough energy to exist in the intermediate configurations. ...

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