Some Connections between Quantum Tunneling and Inflation
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The Wheeler-DeWitt equation in the minisuperspace approximation is studied in four different models. Under certain circumstances each model leads to a tunneling potential and under the same circumstances the classical version of each model leads to inflation.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9806030,
title = {Some Connections between Quantum Tunneling and Inflation},
author = {John W. Norbury},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9806030},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Physics Letters B