From unstable Minkowski space to the inflationary universe

Details From unstable Minkowski space to the inflationary universe From unstable Minkowski space to the inflationary universe

Apr 1984

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General Relativity and Gravitation (ISSN 0001-7701), vol. 16, April 1984, p. 305-309.

Physics

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Big Bang Cosmology, Gravitation Theory, Matter (Physics), Minkowski Space, Quantum Theory, Unified Field Theory, Space-Time Functions, Systems Stability, Universe

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It is shown that Minkowski space is unstable in the context of semiclassical gravity. There exists a threshold mass of the quantized matter field which marks the dividing line betweeen stable and unstable vacuum fluctuations of matter in flat space-time. The Minkowski vacuum gravitational-matter system undergoes a phase transition above this 'critical point'; the new phase being a self-consistently generated de Sitter Euclidean cosmology. Its total energy is degenerate with respect to that of empty Minkowski space-time. It represents an appropriate candidate for the primeval configuration of an inflationarylike universe.

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