1212.3244 (Fábio Novaes et al.)

Holography as Cutoff: a proposal for measure of inflationary universes    [PDF]

Fábio Novaes, Bruno Carneiro da Cunha

We propose the holographic principle as a dynamical cutoff for any quantum theory of gravity with a geometric description at low energies, incorporating ideas of effective field theory. We illustrate the proposal by revisiting the problem of defining a measure for homogeneous and isotropic spacetimes coupled to a scalar field and conclude by discussing the implications to the inflationary model.

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