1-LOOP QUANTUM COSMOLOGY - THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MATTER FIELDS TO THE WAVE-FUNCTION OF THE UNIVERSE

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BARVINSKY, AO [1 ]
KAMENSHCHIK, AY [1 ]
KARMAZIN, IP [1 ]
MISHAKOV, IV [1 ]
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[1] ACAD SCI USSR, INST NUCL SAFETY, MOSCOW 113191, USSR
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10.1088/0264-9381/9/2/002
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P1 [天文学];
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We develop a calculational technique for zeta-functions of differential operators on manifolds with boundaries with explicitly unknown spectra and apply it for the computation of the 1-loop contributions of matter fields to the Hartle-Hawking wavefunction of the universe. zeta(0) on the background of the Euclidean de Sitter manifold bounded by a three-dimensional sphere is obtained for scalar, electromagnetic, graviton, spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 fields, thus generalizing the results previously known for the case of flat spacetime.
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页码:L27 / L32
页数:6
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