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The Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and The Singularity Problem in Quantum Cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-25 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We apply the causal interpretation of quantum mechanics to homogeneous quantum cosmology and show that the quantum theory is independent of any time-gauge choice and there is no issue of time. We exemplify this result by studying a particular minisuperspace model where the quantum potential driven by a prescribed quantum state prevents the formation of the classical singularity, independently on the choice of the lapse function. This means that the fast-slow-time gauge conjecture is irrelevant within the framework of the causal interpretation of quantum cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9611028,
  title  = {The Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and The Singularity Problem in Quantum Cosmology},
  author = {J. Acacio de Barros and N. Pinto-Neto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9611028},
  year   = {2015}
}

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18 pages, LaTeX