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The LQC evolution operator of FRW universe with positive cosmological constant

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-05-12 v1

Abstract

The self-adjointness of an evolution operator ΘΛ\Theta_{\Lambda} corresponding to the model of flat FRW universe with massless scalar field and cosmological constant quantized in the framework of Loop Quantum Cosmology is studied in the case Λ>0\Lambda>0. It is shown, that for Λ<Λc10.3\lPl2\Lambda<\Lambda_c\approx 10.3 \lPl^{-2} the operator admits many self-adjoint extensions, each of the purely discrete spectrum. On the other hand for ΛΛc\Lambda\geq\Lambda_c the operator is essentially self-adjoint, however the physical Hilbert space of the model does not contain any physically interesting states.

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@article{arxiv.0912.0162,
  title  = {The LQC evolution operator of FRW universe with positive cosmological constant},
  author = {Wojciech Kaminski and Tomasz Pawlowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.0162},
  year   = {2010}
}

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