Professor John Dyer Memorial Lecture
Subtitle: the origin of the universe from quantum chaos, an introduction to current ideas
By: Karlheinz E. Woehler
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Physics
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: QUANTUM THEORY; COSMOLOGY
Other titles: Origin of the universe from quantum chaos; an introduction to current ideas; NPS-61-89-010.
Description: In his recently published book 'A Brief History of Time', S. Hawking describes his remarkable insights into the problem of the origin of our universe. In this talk a more quantitative description of some of the important principles from this book is presented as a mathematical appendix to it. A brief review of the ideas of the Standard Big Bang Model of the Universe is given in terms of the evolution equation that follows from Einstein's theory. The meaning of the Cosmological Constant, its relation to Vacuum Energy, the model of the empty DeSitter Space and Gravity is derived. By analogy to Schrodinger mechanics one can give the general features of Quantum Cosmology', in which the origin of the universe can be viewed as a Quantum tunneling process in imaginary time from a Quantum Chaos state of no space, no time, no matter to an inflationary expanding DeSitter space which eventually transits into the Hot Big Bang Expansion that we see.
Notes: Title from cover.

"NPS-61-89-010."

"May 1989."

AD A210 441.

Includes bibliographical references.

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