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Quantum Creation of a Universe with Quasi-Hyperbolic Spatial Sections

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We calculate the probability of creation of a universe with space topology S1×TgS^{1}\times T_{g}, where S1S^{1} is the circle and TgT_{g} is a compact hyperbolic surface of genus g2g\geq 2. We use the method of path integrals as applied to quantum cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0312018,
  title  = {Quantum Creation of a Universe with Quasi-Hyperbolic Spatial Sections},
  author = {Helio V. Fagundes and Teofilo Vargas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0312018},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages. Contribution to the XXIV National Meeting on the Physics of Particles and Fields, Caxambu, Brazil (2003)