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Decoherence in the Starobinsky Model

Astrophysics 2015-06-24 v2

Abstract

Starobinsky described an inflationary scenario in which quantum corrections to vacuum Einstein equations drive the inflation. The quantum cosmology of the model is studied by solving the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. A connection between uncertainty requirement, randomness in initial states and curvature fluctuation is studied with a Schr\"{o}dinger-type equation through a time parameter prescription. The result obtained is applied to understand the decoherence mechanism in quantum gravity in the Starobinsky description.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9903097,
  title  = {Decoherence in the Starobinsky Model},
  author = {S. Biswas and A. Shaw and B. Modak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9903097},
  year   = {2015}
}

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