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Emergent Universe by Tunneling

arXiv:1111.5360 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.083524

Abstract

In this work we propose an alternative scheme for an Emergent Universe scenario where the universe is initially in a static state supported by a scalar field located in a false vacuum. The universe begins to evolve when, by quantum tunneling, the scalar field decays into a state of true vacuum. The Emergent Universe models are interesting since they provide specific examples of nonsingular inflationary universes.

21 pages, 5 figures, typos corrected, changes in redaction, comments added in introduction. References added. Published in Phys.Rev.D

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