Abstract
The creation of brane universes induced by a totally antisymmetric tensor living in a fixed background spacetime is presented, where a term involving the intrinsic curvature of the brane is considered. A canonical quantum mechanical approach employing the Wheeler-DeWitt equation is used. The probability nucleation for the brane is calculated by means of the corresponding instanton and the WKB approximation. Some cosmological implications from the model are presented.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4231-4246 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Classical and Quantum Gravity |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 7 Sep 2004 |