Abstract

We consider a planar gravitating thick domain wall of the λϕ4 theory as a space–time with finite thickness glued to two vacuum space–times on each side of it. Darmois junction conditions written on the boundaries of the thick wall with the embedding space–times reproduce the Israel junction condition across the wall in the limit of infinitesimal thickness. The thick planar domain wall located at a fixed position is then transformed to a new coordinate system in which its dynamics can be formulated. It is shown that the wall's core expands as if it were a thin wall. The thickness in the new coordinates is not constant anymore and its time dependence is given.

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