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By quantum cosmology QC I mean research using a quantized version of the familiar classical Friedman-LeMaitre model used in mainstream cosmology.
Quantum cosmology is beginning to have an impact on regular cosmology.
It offers answers to certain puzzles and also prospects of testing QC models by astronomical observation (the prospect of testing has started to attract the attention of phenomenologists: such as Roy Maartens of Portsmouth UK).
So this is a fairly new research field of growing importance---which had some false starts in the 1970s and 1980s but now seems to be taking off. And accordingly its interesting to try to identify the TOP EXPERTS in it.
I can supply some names, and check to see what the objective measures are---like publication and citations record---invited talks at major conferences, and so on. But maybe some other posters will have OTHER names they want to propose, and we can check out other people's track records and so on.
the main thing is to get started with the process.
Quantum cosmology is beginning to have an impact on regular cosmology.
It offers answers to certain puzzles and also prospects of testing QC models by astronomical observation (the prospect of testing has started to attract the attention of phenomenologists: such as Roy Maartens of Portsmouth UK).
So this is a fairly new research field of growing importance---which had some false starts in the 1970s and 1980s but now seems to be taking off. And accordingly its interesting to try to identify the TOP EXPERTS in it.
I can supply some names, and check to see what the objective measures are---like publication and citations record---invited talks at major conferences, and so on. But maybe some other posters will have OTHER names they want to propose, and we can check out other people's track records and so on.
the main thing is to get started with the process.