the classical universes of the no-boundary quantum state.pptVIP

No-Boundary Measure on Classical Phase Space The NBWF predicts an ensemble of classical histories that can be labeled by points in classical phase space. The NBWF gives a measure on classical phase space. The NBWF predicts a one-parameter subset of the two-parameter family of classical histories, and the classicality constraint gives that subset a boundary. Gibbons Turok ‘06 Singularity Resolution The NBWF predicts probabilities for entire classical histories not their initial data. The NBWF therefore predicts probabilities for late time observables like CMB fluctuations whether or not the origin of the classical history is singular. The existence of singularities in the extrapolation of some classical approximation in quantum mechanics is not an obstacle to prediction by merely a limitation on the validity of the approximation. Complex Gauge Lyons,1992 N is arbitrary but can be complex. If we write then different choices for N correspond to different contours in the complex τ plane. Cauchy equivalent contours give the same action. We pick a convenient contour to find the extrema. Equations and BC Extremum Equations: Regularity at South Pole: Parameter matching: You won’t follow this. I just wanted to show how much work we did. The only important point is that there is one classical history for each value of the field at the south pole . Finding Solutions For each tune remaining parameters to find curves in for which approaches a constant at large b. Those are the Lorentzian histories. Extrapolate backwards using the Lorentizan equations to find their behavior at earlier times. The result is a one-parameter family of classical histories whose probabilities are Probabilities and Origins There is a significant probability that the universe never reached the Planck scale in its entire evolution. Classicality Constraint ---Pert. Th. Small field perts on deSitter space. μ3/2 μ3