The Emergent Universe scheme and Tunneling
  We present an alternative scheme for an Emergent Universe scenario, developed
previously in $Phys.\ Rev.\ D {\bf 86}, 083524 (2012)$, 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. The Emergent Universe models are
interesting since they provide specific examples of non-singular inflationary
universes.
