The Quantum Cosmological Wavefunction at Very Early Times for a Quadratic Gravity Theory

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2003-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0305104v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Tex, 13 pages

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/20/13/331

The quantum cosmological wavefunction for a quadratic gravity theory derived from the heterotic string effective action is obtained near the inflationary epoch and during the initial Planck era. Neglecting derivatives with respect to the scalar field, the wavefunction would satisfy a third-order differential equation near the inflationary epoch which has a solution that is singular in the scale factor limit $a(t)\to 0$. When scalar field derivatives are included, a sixth-order differential equation is obtained for the wavefunction and the solution by Mellin transform is regular in the $a\to 0$ limit. It follows that inclusion of the scalar field in the quadratic gravity action is necessary for consistency of the quantum cosmology of the theory at very early times.

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