Quantum cosmology and eternal inflation
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This contribution consists of two parts. In the first part, I review the tunneling approach to quantum cosmology and comment on the alternative approaches. In the second part, I discuss the relation between quantum cosmology and eternal inflation. In particular, I discuss whether or not we need quantum cosmology in the light of eternal inflation, and whether or not quantum cosmology makes any testable predictions.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0204061,
title = {Quantum cosmology and eternal inflation},
author = {Alexander Vilenkin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0204061},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
To appear in "The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology", proceedings of the conference in honor of Stephen Hawking's 60'th birthday