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Quantum cosmology of the brane universe

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We canonically quantize the dynamics of the brane universe embedded into the five-dimensional Schwarzschild-anti-deSitter bulk space-time. We show that in the brane-world settings the formulation of the quantum cosmology, including the problem of initial conditions, is conceptually more simple than in the 3+1-dimensional case. The Wheeler-deWitt equation is a finite-difference equation. It is exactly solvable in the case of a flat universe and we find the ground state of the system. The closed brane universe can be created as a result of decay of the bulk black hole.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0411144,
  title  = {Quantum cosmology of the brane universe},
  author = {A. Boyarsky and A. Neronov and I. Tkachev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0411144},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, revtex