Positive spatial curvature does not falsify the landscape
Abstract
We present a simple cosmological model where the quantum tunneling of a scalar field rearranges the energetics of the matter sector, sending a stable static ancestor vacuum with positive spatial curvature into an inating solution with positive curvature. This serves as a proof of principle that an observation of positive spatial curvature does not falsify the hypothesis that our current observer patch originated from false vacuum tunneling in a string or field theoretic landscape. This poster submission is a summary of the work, and was presented at the 3rd annual ICPPA held in Moscow from October 2 to 5, 2017, by Prof. Rostislav Konoplich on behalf of the author.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/934/1/012038
- Bibcode:
- 2017JPhCS.934a2038H