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arXiv : 0905.3877

Code Bibliographique ADS : 2009PhRvD..80f3531H

DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.063531

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Physical Review D 80 (2009) 063531

Replication regulates volume weighting in quantum cosmology

J. Hartle, T. Hertog1, 2

(09/2009)

Probabilities for observations in cosmology are conditioned both on the Universe's quantum state and on local data specifying the observational situation. We show the quantum state defines a measure for prediction through such conditional probabilities that is well-behaved for spatially large or infinite universes when the probabilities that our data are replicated are taken into account. In histories where our data are rare volume weighting connects top-down probabilities conditioned on both the data and the quantum state to the bottom-up probabilities conditioned on the quantum state alone. We apply these principles to a calculation of the number of inflationary e-folds in a homogeneous, isotropic minisuperspace model with a single scalar field moving in a quadratic potential. We find that volume weighting is justified and the top-down probabilities favor a large number of e-folds, hereby predicting the curvature of our Universe at the present time to be approximately zero.

1 :	APC - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
2 :	International Solvay Institutes

équipe(s) de recherche : APC - THEORIE

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Physique/Astrophysique/Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique Planète et Univers/Astrophysique/Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique

Mot(s)-clé(s) : Quantum cosmology – Quantum gravity – Origin and formation of the Universe – Particle-theory and field-theory models of the early Universe

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