Some Connections between Quantum Tunneling and Inflation

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.

11 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Physics Letters B

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