Effective equations of motion and initial conditions for inflation in quantum cosmology

Details Effective equations of motion and initial conditions for inflation in quantum cosmology Effective equations of motion and initial conditions for inflation in quantum cosmology

1998-03-05

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9803052v1

Nucl.Phys.B532:339-360,1998

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

23 pages, LaTeX

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00484-2

We obtain effective equations of inflationary dynamics for the mean inflaton and metric fields in the no-boundary and tunneling quantum states of the Universe. In the slow roll approximation (taking the form of the local Schwiger-DeWitt expansion) effective equations follow from the Euclidean effective action on the DeSitter gravitational instanton. Effective equations are applied in the model of the inflaton scalar field coupled to the GUT sector of matter fields and also having a strong nonminimal coupling to the curvature. The inverse of its big negative nonminimal coupling constant, serves as a small parameter of the slow roll expansion and semiclassical expansion of quantum gravitational effects. As a source of initial conditions we use a sharp probability peak recently obtained in the one-loop approximation for the no-boundary and tunneling quantum states and belonging (in virtue of a strong nonminimal coupling) to the GUT energy scale much below the Planck scale. The obtained equations in the tunneling quantum state predict a finite duration of inflationary stage compatible with the observational status of inflation theory, whereas for the no-boundary state they lead to the infinite inflationary epoch with a constant inflaton field.

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