Implications of a Quantum Mechanical Treatment of the Universe
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We attempt to treat the very early Universe according to quantum mechanics. Identifying the scale factor of the Universe with the width of the wave packet associated with it, we show that there cannot be an initial singularity and that the Universe expands. Invoking the correspondence principle, we obtain the scale factor of the Universe and demonstrate that the causality problem of the standard model is solved.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9801046,
title = {Implications of a Quantum Mechanical Treatment of the Universe},
author = {Murat Özer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9801046},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
LaTex, 5 pages, 1 figure, to be published in Mod. Phys. Lett. A