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Phys. Rev. D 67, 124023 (2003) [10 pages]

Loop quantum cosmology, boundary proposals, and inflation

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Martin Bojowald* and Kevin Vandersloot
Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA

Received 20 March 2003; published 23 June 2003

The loop quantum cosmology of the closed isotropic model is studied with special emphasis on a comparison with traditional results obtained in the Wheeler-DeWitt approach. This includes the relation of the dynamical initial conditions to boundary conditions such as the no-boundary or the tunneling proposal and a discussion of inflation from quantum cosmology.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.67.124023
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.124023
PACS:
04.60.Pp, 98.80.Qc

*Electronic address: bojowald@gravity.phys.psu.edu

Electronic address: kfvander@gravity.psu.edu