No-boundary wave function for two-field inflation

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/11/115006MaRDI QIDQ2941788zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dong-Il Hwang, Soo A. Kim, Dong-Han Yeom

Publication date 25 August 2015

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.2800

zbMATH Keywords

Hartle-Hawking wave functioninflationquantum cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the no-boundary wave function and the complex-valued instantons for two-field inflation models that have different masses. If there is a relatively massive direction, to classicalize the massive field, the solution should start from the slow direction with relatively larger vacuum energy. Therefore, the existence of the massive direction implies the increase of expected $e$-foldings. The most probable $e$-foldings are approximately $mathcalNsimeq(m_2/m_1{)}^{2}imesmathcalO(1)$ in the $m_{1}ll{m}_2$ limit. Therefore, as long as there is a sufficient mass hierarchy, the no-boundary wave function can reasonably explain large $e$-foldings, so to speak more than 50 $e$-foldings.

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