Wave Function of the Universe and Its Meaning
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
Abstract
For a FRW-spacetime coupled to an arbitrary real scalar field, we endow the solution space of the associated Wheeler-DeWitt equation with a Hilbert-space structure, construct the observables, and introduce the physical wave functions of the universe that admit a genuine probabilistic interpretation. We also discuss a proposal for the formulation of the dynamics. The approach to quantum cosmology outlined in this article is based on the results obtained within the theory of pseudo-Hermitian operators.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0308029,
title = {Wave Function of the Universe and Its Meaning},
author = {Ali Mostafazadeh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0308029},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, contributed to the First International Workshop on Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics, held in Prag June 2003