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无边界量子态的经典宇宙

The Classical Universes of the No-Boundary Quantum State

James B. Hartle, S. W. Hawking, Thomas Hertog

摘要:

我们从一类小超空间模型中宇宙量子态的无边界假设出发,分析了准经典领域的起源。该模型假设均匀的,各向同性的,封闭的时空几何,一个单一的标量场在二次势运动,和一个基本的宇宙学常数。允许的经典历史和它们的概率计算领先的半经典秩序。我们发现,对于最现实的参数分析范围内的最小量的标量场是必需的,如果有任何在所有,为了宇宙的行为在晚些时候的经典。如果经典的晚时程向后延伸,它们可能是奇异的或在有限半径处反弹。经典历史的集合是时间对称的,尽管单个历史通常不是。无边界假设选择了暴胀的历史,但它提供的经典解的测度严重偏向于少量的暴胀。然而,由于我们现在的年龄,为了获得我们在过去的光锥中观察到的概率,需要体积因子来提高大量折叠的概率。我们的结果强调,正是宇宙的量子态决定了它是否呈现出准经典领域,以及在这个领域中什么样的历史是可能的或或然的。

英文摘要:

We analyze the origin of the quasiclassical realm from the no-boundary proposal for the universe's quantum state in a class of minisuperspace models. The models assume homogeneous, isotropic, closed spacetime geometries, a single scalar field moving in a quadratic potential, and a fundamental cosmological constant. The allowed classical histories and their probabilities are calculated to leading semiclassical order. We find that for the most realistic range of parameters analyzed a minimum amount of scalar field is required, if there is any at all, in order for the universe to behave classically at late times. If the classical late time histories are extended back, they may be singular or bounce at a finite radius. The ensemble of classical histories is time symmetric although individual histories are generally not. The no-boundary proposal selects inflationary histories, but the measure on the classical solutions it provides is heavily biased towards small amounts of inflation. However, the probability for a large number of efoldings is enhanced by the volume factor needed to obtain the probability for what we observe in our past light cone, given our present age. Our results emphasize that it is the quantum state of the universe that determines whether or not it exhibits a quasiclassical realm and what histories are possible or probable within that realm.

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