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Decoherence in the Starobinsky Model

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Starobinsky described an inflationary scenarioin which quantum corrections to vacuum Einsteinequations drive the inflation. The quantum cosmology ofthe model is studied by solving the Wheeler-DeWittequation. A connection between uncertaintyrequirement, randomness in initial states and curvaturefluctuation is studied with a Schrodinger-type equationthrough a time parameter prescription. The resultobtained is applied to understand thedecoherence mechanism in quantum gravity in theStarobinsky description.

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Biswas, S., Shaw, A. & Modak, B. Decoherence in the Starobinsky Model. General Relativity and Gravitation 31, 1015–1030 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026683515379

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