Quantum cosmology of classically constrained gravity

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.03.002zbMATH Open1247.83052arXivhep-th/0511137OpenAlexW2054211853MaRDI QIDQ454068FDOQ454068

Authors: Gregory Gabadadze, Yanwen Shang 

Publication date: 30 September 2012

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In hep-th/0506040 we discussed a classically constrained model of gravity. This theory contains known solutions of General Relativity (GR), and admits solutions that are absent in GR. Here we study cosmological implications of some of these new solutions. We show that a spatially-flat de Sitter universe can be created from ``nothing. This universe has boundaries, and its total energy equals to zero. Although the probability to create such a universe is exponentially suppressed, it favors initial conditions suitable for inflation. Then we discuss a finite-energy solution with a nonzero cosmological constant and zero space-time curvature. There is no tunneling suppression to fluctuate into this state. We show that for a positive cosmological constant this state is unstable -- it can rapidly transition to a de Sitter universe providing a new unsuppressed channel for inflation. For a negative cosmological constant the space-time flat solutions is stable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0511137

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum cosmologyclassically constrained gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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