Damped perturbations in the no-boundary state
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We evaluate the no-boundary path integral exactly in a Bianchi type IX minisuperspace with two scale factors. In this model the no-boundary proposal can be implemented by requiring one scale factor to be zero initially together with a judiciously chosen regularity condition on the momentum conjugate to the second scale factor. Taking into account the nonlinear backreaction of the perturbations we recover the predictions of the original semiclassical no-boundary proposal. In particular we find that large perturbations are strongly damped, consistent with vacuum state wave functions.
Date Issued
2018-08-24
Date Acceptance
2018-05-15
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2018, 121 (8)
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
121
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2018 American Physical Society.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
STEEPEST-DESCENT CONTOURS
PATH-INTEGRAL APPROACH
QUANTUM COSMOLOGY
MINISUPERSPACE MODELS
WAVE-FUNCTION
UNIVERSE
ORIGIN
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
081302
Date Publish Online
2018-08-20