Published October 1987
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Journal article
Interpretation of the wave function of the universe
Description
Hawking and Hartle interpreted their wave function of the universe as giving the probability for the universe to appear from nothing. However, this is not a correct interpretation, since the normalization presupposes a universe, not nothing. Transition probabilities require a measure on the initial state and a physical result requires a physical initial state
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Int. J. Theor. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 26
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Int. J. Theor. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 939-942
- ISSN
- 0020-7748
- CODEN
- IJTPB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19029456
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMPLITUDES; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; GROUND STATES; INTEGRALS; METRICS; ORIGIN; PARTICLE MODELS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE-TIME; UNIVERSE; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY LEVELS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS