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Quantum Foam and de Sitter-like universe

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We perform a foliation of a four dimensional Riemannian space-time with respect to a discrete time which is an integer multiple of the Planck time. We find that the quantum fluctuations of the metric have a discrete energy spectrum. The metric field is expanded in stationary eigenstates, and this leads to the description of a de Sitter-like universe. At the Planck scale the model describes a Planckian Euclidean black hole.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9808180,
  title  = {Quantum Foam and de Sitter-like universe},
  author = {P. A. Zizzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9808180},
  year   = {2007}
}

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