Appearance of a classical mixmaster universe from the no-boundary quantum state
Creators
- 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.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.023504;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0906.2616v1;
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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- Notes
- (c) 2009 The American Physical Society