Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2001-08-31
Astron.Nachr. 311 (1990) 99
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
20 pages, LaTeX, reprinted from Astron. Nachr. 311 (1990) 99
Scientific paper
For the minimally coupled scalar field in Einstein's theory of gravitation we look for the space of solutions within the class of closed Friedmann universe models. We prove that D = 1 or D > 1, where D is the (fractal) dimension of the set of solutions which can be integrated up to t to infinity. (D > 0 was conjectured by PAGE (1984)). We discuss concepts like ``the probability of the appearance of a sufficiently long inflationary phase" and argue that it is primarily a probability measure q in the space V of solutions (and not in the space of initial conditions) which has to be applied. q is naturally defined for Bianchi-type I cosmological models because V is a compact cube. The problems with the closed Friedmann model (which led to controversial claims in the literature) will be shown to originate from the fact that V has a complicated non-compact non-Hausdorff Geroch topology: no natural definition of q can be given. We conclude: the present state of our universe can be explained by models of the type discussed, but thereby the anthropic principle cannot be fully circumvented.
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