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Hopefully the contents of the preceding chapters will have convinced the reader that SQC is a fascinating topic, in which many problems remain to be tackled. We have already mentioned some of these as we went along, and will now add considerably to the list.
But let us also illustrate one avenue of exploration in which SQC is by no means a closed book. In Sect. 10.1, we go beyond the confines of minisuperspace into a SUSY midisuperspace, where we find a method for glimpsing structure formation and definition of the vacuum, although much remains open for investigation. In fact, we will be able to provide some of the detail, but there is much room for improvement, extension, and exploration of new areas [1,2]. In Sect. 10.2, we present a longer list of possible lines of investigation, although only describing each one briefly, where methods, results, and implications are yet to be revealed.
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Moniz, P.V. (2010). More Routes Beyond the Borders. In: Quantum Cosmology - The Supersymmetric Perspective - Vol. 2. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 804. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11570-7_10
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