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Tunneling and the Emergent Universe Scheme

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Accelerated Cosmic Expansion

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We present an alternative scheme for an Emergent Universe scenario, developed previously in Phys. Rev. D 86, 083524 (2012), where the universe is initially in a static state supported by a scalar field located in a false vacuum. The universe begins to evolve when, by quantum tunneling, the scalar field decays into a state of true vacuum.

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This work has been partially supported by FONDECYT grant N0 11090410, Mecesup UBB0704 and Universidad del Bío-Bío through grant DIUBB 121407 GI/VC.

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  1. Departamento de Física, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Avenida Collao 1202, Casilla 5-C, Concepción, Chile

    Pedro Labraña

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  1. Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    Claudia Moreno González

  2. Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    José Edgar Madriz Aguilar

  3. Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

    Luz Marina Reyes Barrera

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Labraña, P. (2014). Tunneling and the Emergent Universe Scheme. In: Moreno González, C., Madriz Aguilar, J., Reyes Barrera, L. (eds) Accelerated Cosmic Expansion. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 38. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02063-1_8

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