Quantum cosmology and the creation of the universe

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Dec 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991sciam.265...28h&link_type=abstract

Scientific American (ISSN 0036-8733), vol. 265, Dec. 1991, p. 28-35.

Computer Science

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Cosmology, Galactic Clusters, Quantum Mechanics, Universe, Galactic Evolution, Naked Singularities, Space-Time Functions, Wave Functions

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Theories concerning the events leading to the creation of the universe are discussed. Consideration is given to the classical hot big bang model of the universe, first proposed by Gamow (1948); the inflationary universe scenario proposed by Guth (1980), which solves many of the problems raised by the big bang model but leaves questions concerning the occurrence of the inflationary scenario; and quantum cosmology. According to the picture afforded by quantum cosmology, the universe appeared from a quantum fuzz, tunneled into existence, and thereafter evolved classically. Within the framework of this scenario, the assumptions necessary for the inflationary universe scenario may be compressed into a single simple boundary condition for the wave function of the universe.

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