Birth of a Closed Universe of Negative Spatial Curvature
Abstract
Description
We propose a modified form of the spontaneous birth of the universe by quantum tunneling. It proceeds through topology change and inflation, to eventually become a universe with closed spatial sections of negative curvature and nontrivial global topology.
10 pages, 1 figure. Revised version with better comments on assumed topology change
10 pages, 1 figure. Revised version with better comments on assumed topology change