A higher-dimensional view on quantum cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
2021-11-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We argue that the choice of boundary condition for the wave function in quantum cosmology depends on the UV completion of general relativity. We provide an explicit example using a braneworld scenario in which a de Sitter cosmology is induced on the surface of a Coleman-de Luccia bubble in a 5-dimensional AdS space. The corresponding boundary conditions are unambigously fixed by demanding consistency with the known physics of bubble nucleation and this selects the Vilenkin weighting for the amplitude from a 4D viewpoint.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2105.03253,
title = {A higher-dimensional view on quantum cosmology},
author = {U. H. Danielsson and D. Panizo and R. Tielemans and T. Van Riet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.03253},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
10 pages, including refs: v2 published version with updated refs and small edits throughout