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gr-qc2025
On quantum creation of a toroidal universe
Alan H. Guth, Alexander Vilenkin
We consider the quantum creation of a universe with flat spatial sections and the topology of a 3-torus, taking into account the effect of Casimir energy. We show that the correspo…
gr-qc2018
Mass of a Patch of an FRW Universe
Sarah R. Geller, Jolyon K. Bloomfield, Alan H. Guth
In 1963, Zel'dovich devised a method to define the mass of a closed Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) universe, showing that by this definition it is exactly zero. Rounding out this…
gr-qc2006★ 101 cited
Constraining Torsion with Gravity Probe B
Yi Mao, Max Tegmark, Alan Guth +1
It is well-entrenched folklore that torsion gravity theories predict observationally negligible torsion in the solar system, since torsion (if it exists) couples only to the intrin…