Conformally Invariant Cosmology Based on Riemann-Cartan Spacetime
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-04-06 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Conformally invariant GUT-like model including gravity based on Riemann - Cartan space-time is considered. Cosmological scenario that follows from the model is discussed and standard quantum gravitational formalism in the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner form is developed. General formalism is then illustrated on Bianchi-IX minisuperspace cosmological model. Wave functions of the universe in the de Sitter minisuperspace model with Vilenkin and Hartle-Hawking boundary conditions are considered and corresponding probability distributions for the scalar field values are calculated.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9402033,
title = {Conformally Invariant Cosmology Based on Riemann-Cartan Spacetime},
author = {Yuri V. Shtanov and Sergei A. Yushchenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9402033},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
Brown preprint BROWN-HET-937, 24 pages, bugs in latex fixed