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Thin shells in general relativity have been used in the past as keystones to obtain realistic models of cosmological and astrophysical situations. A crucial role for these developments was played by the compact description of their dynamics in terms of Israel’s junction conditions. Starting from this geometrical formulation we present a problem related to the WKB regime of shell dynamics and suggest a possible solution.
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ANSOLDI, S., SINDONI, L. (2006). GRAVITATIONAL TUNNELLING OF RELATIVISTIC SHELLS. In: SIDHARTH, B., HONSELL, F., DE ANGELIS, A. (eds) Frontiers of Fundamental Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4339-2_11
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