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- W3128119295 abstract "Over 30 years ago, Barrow and Tipler proposed the principle according to which the action integrated over the entire four-manifold describing the universe should be finite. Here we explore the cosmological consequences of a related criterion, namely, that semiclassical transition amplitudes from the early universe up to current field values should be well defined. On a classical level, our criterion is weaker than the Barrow-Tipler principle, but it has the advantage of being sensitive to quantum effects. We find significant consequences for early universe models, in particular, eternal inflation and strictly cyclic universes are ruled out. Within general relativity, the first phase of evolution cannot be inflationary, and it can be ekpyrotic only if the scalar field potential is trustworthy over an infinite field range. Quadratic gravity eliminates all nonaccelerating backgrounds near a putative big bang (thus imposing favorable initial conditions for inflation), while the expected infinite series of higher-curvature quantum corrections eliminates Lorentzian big bang spacetimes altogether. The scenarios that work best with the principle of finite amplitudes are the no-boundary proposal, which gives finite amplitudes in all dynamical theories that we have studied, and string-inspired loitering phases. We also comment on the relationship of our proposal to the swampland conjectures." @default.
- W3128119295 created "2021-02-15" @default.
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- W3128119295 date "2021-05-17" @default.
- W3128119295 modified "2023-10-13" @default.
- W3128119295 title "Cosmological consequences of a principle of finite amplitudes" @default.
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