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The Real No-Boundary Wave Function in Lorentzian Quantum Cosmology (1705.05340v2)
Published 15 May 2017 in gr-qc and hep-th
Abstract: It is shown that the standard no-boundary wave function has a natural expression in terms of a Lorentzian path integral with its contour defined by Picard-Lefschetz theory. The wave function is real, satisfies the Wheeler-DeWitt equation and predicts an ensemble of asymptotically classical, inflationary universes with nearly-Gaussian fluctuations and with a smooth semiclassical origin.
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