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Decoherence in the Starobinsky Model

S. Biswas, A. Shaw, B. Modak

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9903097

Abstract

Starobinsky described an inflationary scenario in which quantum corrections to vacuum Einstein equations drive the inflation. The quantum cosmology of the model is studied by solving the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. A connection between uncertainty requirement, randomness in initial states and curvature fluctuation is studied with a Schrödinger-type equation through a time parameter prescription. The result obtained is applied to understand the decoherence mechanism in quantum gravity in the Starobinsky description.

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