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Quantum cosmological Friedman models with an initial singularity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-02-09 v7 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider the Wheeler-DeWitt equation Hψ=0H\psi=0 in a suitable Hilbert space. It turns out that this equation has countably many solutions ψi\psi_i which can be considered as eigenfunctions of a Hamilton operator implicitly defined by HH. We consider two models, a bounded one, 0<r<r00<r<r_0, and an unbounded, 0<r<\un0<r<\un, which represent different eigenvalue problems. In the bounded model we look for eigenvalues \Lami\Lam_i, where the \Lami\Lam_i are the values of the cosmological constant which we used in the Einstein-Hilbert functional, and in the unbounded model the eigenvalues are given by (\Lami)n1n(-\Lam_i)^{-\frac {n-1}{n}}, where \Lami<0\Lam_i<0. The ψi\psi_i form a basis of the underlying Hilbert space. All solutions have an initial singularity in r=0r=0. Under certain circumstances a smooth transition from big crunch to big bang is possible.

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@article{arxiv.0806.1769,
  title  = {Quantum cosmological Friedman models with an initial singularity},
  author = {Claus Gerhardt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1769},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

35 pages, v7: Introduction rewritten and and a comparison with the classical solutions added. This will be the published version

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