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Quantum Effects In Cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-04-06 v1

Abstract

Contents: Introduction. The Present State of the Universe. What Can We Expect From a Complete Cosmological Theory? An Overview of Quantum Effects in Cosmology. Parametric (Superadiabatic) Amplification of Classical Waves. Graviton Creation in the Inflationary Universe. Quantum States of a Harmonic Oscillator. Squeezed Quantum States of Relic Gravitons and Primordial Density Perturbations. Quantum Cosmology, Minisuperspace Models and Inflation. From the Space of Classical Solutions to the Space of Wave Functions. On the Probability of Quantum Tunneling From "Nothing". Duration of Inflation

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9302036,
  title  = {Quantum Effects In Cosmology},
  author = {L. P. Grishchuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9302036},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

(43 pages, to be published in "The Origin of Structure in the Universe", ed. P.Nardone)