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Some connections between quantum tunneling and inflation

1998/06/05 by John W. Norbury · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(98)00685-6

published as Phys.Lett. B433 (1998) 263-268 · 11 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Physics Letters B

arxiv created 1998/06/05 · openalex publication_date 1998/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

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.

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