Quantum cosmology and eternal inflation
arXiv:gr-qc/0204061
Abstract
This contribution consists of two parts. In the first part, I review the tunneling approach to quantum cosmology and comment on the alternative approaches. In the second part, I discuss the relation between quantum cosmology and eternal inflation. In particular, I discuss whether or not we need quantum cosmology in the light of eternal inflation, and whether or not quantum cosmology makes any testable predictions.
To appear in "The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology", proceedings of the conference in honor of Stephen Hawking's 60'th birthday
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- A Cyclic Model of the Universe
- Predictions from Quantum Cosmology
- Eternal inflation and the initial singularity
- Dynamically Triangulating Lorentzian Quantum Gravity
- Approaches to Quantum Cosmology
- Violations of the Weak Energy Condition in Inflating Spacetimes
- Unambiguous probabilities in an eternally inflating universe
- A prescription for probabilities in eternal inflation
- Operator ordering and consistency of the wavefunction of the Universe
- The wave function discord
- Wave Function of a Brane-like Universe
- Stealth Branes
- The eternal fractal in the universe
- Space for Both No-Boundary and Tunneling Quantum States of the Universe
- Null Energy Condition Violations in Eternal Inflation
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