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P o s t S c r i p t? p r o c e s s e d b y t h e S L A C / D E S Y L i b r a r i e s o n 2 9 J u n 1 9 9 5 . G R - Q C - 9 5 0 6 0 7 4 Hartle-Hawking state in supersymmetric minisuperspaceAndras Csordas and Robert GrahamFachbereich Physik, Universitat-Gesamthochschule Essen45117 EssenGermanyAbstractThe Hartle-Hawking `no-boundary state is constructed explicitely for therecently developed supersymmetric minisuperspace model with non-vanishingfermion number.Spatially homogeneous models both in gravity and in supergravity have enjoyed somepopularity in recent years as a testing ground for new ideas in quantum cosmology. Onesuch idea, which has been discussed extensively in the literature, is the proposal by Hartleand Hawking for the construction of the `wave-function of the universe, including gravity[1]. According to this proposal the quantum state of the universe is formally given by theEuclidean path-integral of exp[-action] over all compact 4-geometries, containing a givencompact 3-geometry (the argument of the wave-function) as its only boundary. This is whyit is also called the `no-boundary state. While this idea of striking (but also deceptive)simplicity could be partially implemented, e.g. in spatially homogeneous minisuperspacemodels, like a closed Friedmann universe with a scalar eld [1] or an anisotropic Bianchitype IX universe with a cosmological constant [2] its use in supersymmetric minisuperspacemodels has caused some diculty.The supersymmetric Friedmann model without matter was treated successfully [3] butPermanent address: Research Institute for Solid State Physics, P.O. Box 49, H1525 Budapest,Hungary 1 lacks sucient degrees of freedom to permit a physically meaningful discussion of this is-sue. The inclusion of a spatially homogeneous supersymmetric scalar matter-eld has, sofar, led only to explicit solutions of the wormhole-type [3,4]. The rst treatments of thespatially homogenous supersymmetric anisotropic Bianchi type IX model wi