Published July 15, 2009 | Version v1
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Appearance of a classical mixmaster universe from the no-boundary quantum state

  • 1. Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan)

Description

We investigate the appearance of the classical anisotropic universe from the no-boundary quantum state according to the prescription proposed by Hartle, Hawking, and Hertog. Our model is homogeneous, anisotropic, closed universes with a minimally coupled scalar field and cosmological constant. We found that there are an ensemble of classical Lorentzian histories with anisotropies and experience inflationary expansion at late time, and the probability of histories with anisotropies are lower than isotropic histories. Thus, the no-boundary condition may be able to explain the emergence of our Universe. If the classical late time histories are extended back, some become singular by the existence of initial anisotropies with large accelerations. However, we do not find any chaotic behavior of anisotropies near the initial singularity.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 023504-023504.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41059726
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHAOS THEORY; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; EXPANSION; SCALAR FIELDS; SINGULARITY; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS

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