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The quantum cosmology debate

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

I review the tunneling, Hartle-Hawking and Linde proposals for the wave function of the universe and comment on the recent work on quantum creation of open universes.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9812027,
  title  = {The quantum cosmology debate},
  author = {Alexander Vilenkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9812027},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Contribution to the debate on quantum cosmology at the COSMO-98 meeting. 9 pages, 6 figures