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Quantization of dilaton cosmology in two dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-02-03 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The generalized kinetic term of a dilaton gives the classical superinflation without recourse to any potential, and the quantum version of the dilaton gravity exhibits the finite curvature and graceful exit. For p=2p=2 case, the model corresponds to the RST quantization of the s-wave sector of the four-dimensional Einstein cosmology. Further, the de Sitter universe is realized for p=8p=8 and the smooth transition to the Minkowski space-time is possible. Even in the accelerating contraction case of the universe for 4<p<0-4<p<0, the curvature singularity does not appear in a certain branch.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9704115,
  title  = {Quantization of dilaton cosmology in two dimensions},
  author = {Won T. Kim and Myungseok Yoon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9704115},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

13 pages, revtex, typos and some expressions are corrected

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