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arxiv: 1111.5360 · v3 · pith:37KVKZIJnew · submitted 2011-11-22 · 🌀 gr-qc · astro-ph.CO· hep-th

Emergent Universe by Tunneling

classification 🌀 gr-qc astro-ph.COhep-th
keywords universeemergentfieldscalarstatetunnelingvacuumalternative
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In this work we propose an alternative scheme for an Emergent Universe scenario where the universe is initially in a static state supported by a scalar field located in a false vacuum. The universe begins to evolve when, by quantum tunneling, the scalar field decays into a state of true vacuum. The Emergent Universe models are interesting since they provide specific examples of nonsingular inflationary universes.

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