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Classicalization of quantum fluctuations at the Planck scale in the Rh = ct universe

Physics Letters B, 2021
The quantum to classical transition of fluctuations in the early universe is still not completely understood. Some headway has been made incorporating the effects of decoherence and the squeezing of states, though the methods and procedures continue to ...
Fulvio Melia
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Duration of inflation and conditions at the bounce as a prediction of effective isotropic loop quantum cosmology [PDF]

, 2013
Loop quantum cosmology with a scalar field is known to be closely linked with an inflationary phase. In this article, we study probabilistic predictions for the duration of slow-roll inflation, by assuming a minimalist massive scalar field as the main ...
L. Linsefors, A. Barrau
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lessons from the void: What Boltzmann brains teach

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Some physical theories predict that almost all brains in the universe are Boltzmann brains, that is, short‐lived disembodied brains that are accidentally assembled as a result of thermodynamic or quantum fluctuations. Physicists and philosophers of physics widely regard this proliferation as unacceptable, and so take its prediction as a basis ...
Bradford Saad
wiley   +1 more source

Observational Exclusion of a Consistent Quantum Cosmology Scenario

, 2015
It is often argued that inflation erases all the information about what took place before it started. Quantum gravity, relevant in the Planck era, seems therefore mostly impossible to probe with cosmological observations.
Barrau, Aurelien, Bolliet, Boris, Grain, Julien, Schander, Susanne   +3 more
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A New Hilbert's Hotel Argument Against Past‐Eternalism

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a new formulation of the “Hilbert's Hotel Argument” (HHA) which is superior to existing formulations because it (1) demonstrates that HH is logically impossible in the concrete world, (2) takes into account the need to consider the assumptions of HHA, and (3) offers a reply to an important objection concerning the validity of
Andrew Ter Ern Loke, Eli Haitov
wiley   +1 more source

Eternal inflation with Liouville cosmology [PDF]

Nuclear Physics B, 2011
32 pages, v2: published version, many ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Lectures on Cosmic Inflation and its Potential Stringy Realizations

, 2007
These notes present a brief introduction to Hot Big Bang cosmology and Cosmic Inflation, together with a selection of some recent attempts to embed inflation into string theory.
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Inflationary Cosmology: Theory and Phenomenology [PDF]

, 2001
This article gives a brief overview of some of the theory behind the inflationary cosmology, and discusses prospects for constraining inflation using observations.
, Albrecht A, Andrew R Liddle, Brandenberger R, Bunn E F, Efstathiou G, Frieman J, Gott J R, Kallosh R, Khoury J, Lahav O, Lasenby A, Liddle A R, Netterfield C B, Schmidt B P, Turok N, Vilenkin A, Wands D, Wang X   +18 more
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Non-minimal Higgs Inflation and Frame Dependence in Cosmology [PDF]

, 2013
We investigate a very general class of cosmological models with scalar fields non-minimally coupled to gravity. A particular representative in this class is given by the non-minimal Higgs inflation model in which the Standard Model Higgs boson and the ...
C. Steinwachs, A. Kamenshchik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spaceborne and spaceborn: Physiological aspects of pregnancy and birth during interplanetary flight

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Crewed interplanetary return missions that are on the planning horizon will take years, more than enough time for initiation and completion of a pregnancy. Pregnancy is viewed as a sequence of processes – fertilization, blastocyst formation, implantation, gastrulation, placentation, organogenesis, gross morphogenesis, birth and neonatal ...
Arun V. Holden
wiley   +1 more source