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边界提出

The Boundary Proposal

Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University(海德堡大学理论物理研究所)

Bjoern Hassfeld, Arthur Hebecker

AI总结:

该研究提出一个与Hartle-Hawking无边界提出相媲美的边界提出,通过欧几里得瞬子构造宇宙起源,可能主导宇宙创造过程。

摘要:

宇宙起源的一个主要思想是Hartle-Hawking的`无边界提出'。由于拓扑猜想声称任何时空都允许一个动态的边界,我们建议可以同样考虑一个`边界提出'。具体来说,相应的欧几里得瞬子是一个带有两个孔的球体,北半球和南半球被挖去。类似于Hartle-Hawking的提出,球体在赤道处被切成两半,然后丢弃一半。赤道被粘合到一个膨胀的洛伦兹德西特空间上,实现了宇宙的开始,其最早的时刻有一个类时的球形边界。这个过程原则上与基于无边界瞬子的过程一样。事实上,如果使用Linde-Vilenkin的符号选择,这个`边界'创造过程可能甚至占主导地位。如果存在无张力的宇宙终点膜,如从IIA型或M理论中熟悉到的,那么可以产生一个紧凑的、平坦的四维宇宙,从无中创造,而无需任何指数抑制或增强因子。

英文摘要:

One of the leading ideas for the beginning of the Universe is the Hartle-Hawking `No-Boundary Proposal.' Since the Cobordism Conjecture claims that any spacetime allows for a dynamical boundary, we suggest that one may equally well consider a `Boundary Proposal'. Specifically, the corresponding euclidean instanton is a sphere with two holes around north and south pole cut out. Analogously to the Hartle-Hawking proposal, the sphere is then cut in two at the equator and half of it is dropped. The equator is glued to an expanding Lorentzian de Sitter space, implementing a beginning of the Universe with a spacelike spherical boundary at its earliest moment. This process is in principle on equal footing with the one based on the no-boundary instanton. In fact, if the Linde-Vilenkin sign choice is used, this `Boundary' creation process may even dominate. An intriguing implication arises if tensionless end-of-the-world branes, as familiar from type-IIA or M-theory, are available: Analogously to the Boundary Proposal, one may then be able to create a compact, flat torus universe from nothing, without any exponential suppression or enhancement factors.

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