WAVE-FUNCTION WITH 2ND-ORDER CORRECTION AND INFLATIONARY SOLUTIONS IN QUANTUM COSMOLOGY

被引:7
作者
CHAKRABORTY, S
机构
[1] Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
来源
PRAMANA-JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 1990年 / 34卷 / 05期
关键词
inflation; Path-integral; saddle point; tunneling; wave function;
D O I
10.1007/BF02880865
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A brief account for the higher order wave function in Hartle-Hawking (H-H) proposal is given which is compared with the tunneling wave function due to Vilenkin. The probability distributions are determined for both types of wave functions. Also a class of solutions are evaluated using H-H approach for Kantowski-Sachs metric with a scalar field and inflation is observed. © 1990 Indian Academy of Sciences.
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页码:403 / 414
页数:12
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