Wave Packet in Quantum Cosmology and Definition of Semiclassical Time
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We consider a quantum cosmology with a massless background scalar field and adopt a wave packet as the wave function. This wave packet is a superposition of the WKB form wave functions, each of which has a definite momentum of the scalar field . In this model it is shown that to trace the formalism of the WKB time is seriously difficult without introducing a complex value for a time. We define a semiclassical real time variable from the phase of the wave packet and calculate it explicitly. We find that, when a quantum matter field is coupled to the system, an approximate Schr\"odinger equation for holds with respect to in a region where the size of the universe is large and is small.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9606006,
title = {Wave Packet in Quantum Cosmology and Definition of Semiclassical Time},
author = {Yoshiaki Ohkuwa and Tetsuro Kitazoe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9606006},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
20 pages, latex, no figures