Quantum tunneling effect in oscillating Friedmann cosmology

Mariusz P. Da̧browski and Arne L. Larsen
Phys. Rev. D 52, 3424 – Published 15 September 1995
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Abstract

It is shown that the tunneling effect in quantum cosmology is possible not only at the very beginning or the very end of evolution, but also at the moment of maximum expansion of the Universe. A positive curvature expanding Friedmann universe changes its state of evolution spontaneously and completely, without any changes in the matter content, avoiding recollapse, and falling into oscillations between the nonzero values of the scale factor. On the other hand, an oscillating nonsingular universe can tunnel spontaneously to a recollapsing regime. The probability of such kinds of tunneling is given explicitly. It is inversely related to the amount of relativistic matter (dust), and grows from a certain fixed value to unity if the negative cosmological constant approaches zero.

  • Received 18 April 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.52.3424

©1995 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Mariusz P. Da̧browski

  • Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin, Wielkopolska 15, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland

Arne L. Larsen

  • Observatoire de Paris, DEMIRM Laboratoire Associé au CNRS UA 336, Observatoire de Paris et École Normale Supérieure, 61, Avenue de l’Observatoire, 75014 Paris, France

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Vol. 52, Iss. 6 — 15 September 1995

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