Phys. Rev. D 57, R7069–R7070 (1998)

Singular instantons and the creation of open universes

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Alexander Vilenkin^*
Institute of Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155

Received 16 March 1998; published in the issue dated 15 June 1998

Singular instantons of the type introduced by Hawking and Turok lead to unacceptable physical consequences and cannot, therefore, be used to describe the creation of open universes.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.57.R7069

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10.1103/PhysRevD.57.R7069

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98.80.Cq, 04.60.Ds

^*Electronic address: vilenkin@cosmos2.phy.tufts.edu

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Phys. Rev. D 57, R7069–R7070 (1998)

Singular instantons and the creation of open universes