Wavefunction of a brane-like universe

Aharon Davidson; David Karasik; Yoav Lederer

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/16/4/023

Wavefunction of a brane-like universe

Aharon Davidson, David Karasik, Yoav Lederer

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Abstract

Within the mini-superspace model, brane-like cosmology means performing the variation with respect to the embedding (Minkowski) time τ before fixing the cosmic (Einstein) time t. The departure from the Einstein limit is parametrized by the 'energy' conjugate to τ and characterized by a classically disconnected embryonic epoch. In contrast with canonical quantum gravity, the wavefunction of the Universe is (a) τ dependent and (b) vanishes at the big bang. Hartle-Hawking and Linde proposals dictate discrete 'energy' levels, whereas the Vilenkin proposal resembles α-disintegration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1349-1356
Number of pages	8
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/16/4/023
State	Published - 1 Apr 1999

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