COMMENT ON THE QUANTUM WAVE-FUNCTION IN R(2) COSMOLOGY

Authors
COULE DH
Citation
Dh. Coule, COMMENT ON THE QUANTUM WAVE-FUNCTION IN R(2) COSMOLOGY, Classical and quantum gravity, 11(5), 1994, pp. 1365-1367
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Classical and quantum gravity → ACNP
ISSN journal
02649381
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1365 - 1367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(1994)11:5<1365:COTQWI>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A claim that the R2 model can be used to justify the Hartle-Hawking pr oposal assumed that quantum cosmology should predict 'final conditions '. If the more natural 'initial conditions for classical behaviour' ar e of concern, then the tunnelling boundary condition seems preferable: it predicts an inflationary epoch. This is provided the unbounded sca lar potential for negative field phi can be somehow excluded.