Introductory Lectures on Quantum Cosmology (1990)

Abstract

We describe the modern approach to quantum cosmology, as initiated by Hartle and Hawking, Linde, Vilenkin and others. The primary aim is to explain how one determines the consequences for the late universe of a given quantum theory of cosmological initial or boundary conditions. An extensive list of references is included, together with a guide to the literature. It also includes a detailed treatment of the WKB interpretation, which is relevant to a forthcoming article by the author on the decoherent histories approach to quantum cosmology.

107 pages, 6 figures, Tex. First published in Proceedings of the 1990 Jerusalem Winter School on Quantum Cosmology and Baby Universes}, edited by S.Coleman, J.B.Hartle, T.Piran and S.Weinberg (World Scientific, Singapore, 1991), made available here without change

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