Published January 1989
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Journal article
With what topology could the universe be created?
Description
The topological and geometrical properties of a self-created universe with cosmological constant are considered in the framework of Hawking's quantum cosmology. The probabilities for creation of the universe with different topologies (including a torus, sphere, hyperbolic space) are calculated; for an inflationary universe these topologies are found to be equally probable. The probability of a quantum change of the topology during the evolution of the universe is calculated for a concrete model
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Soviet Physics - JETP (English Translation)
- Journal Volume
- 68
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.).
- Journal Page Range
- 1-6
- ISSN
- 0038-5646
- CODEN
- SPHJA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22024729
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Translation
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGORITHMS; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGY; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GEOMETRY; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Cover-to-cover translation of Zhurnal Ehksperimental'noj i Theoreti cheskoj Fiziki (USSR).