Modular quantum cosmology

Citation
O. Bertolami et R. Schiappa, Modular quantum cosmology, CLASS QUANT, 16(7), 1999, pp. 2545-2557
Citations number
61
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
ISSN journal
02649381 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2545 - 2557
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(199907)16:7<2545:MQC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We study solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation corresponding to an S-mod ular invariant N = 1 supergravity model and a closed homogeneous and isotro pic Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetime. The issues of inflation and the c osmological constant problem are addressed with the help of the relevant wa vefunctions. We find that topological-type inflation is consistent from the quantum mechanical point of view and that a solution for the cosmological constant problem along the lines of the strong CP problem arises naturally.