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Wheeler-DeWitt Universe Wave Function in the presence of stiff matter

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-01-08 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the Wheeler-DeWitt (WDW) equation close to the Big-Bang. We argue that an interaction dominated fluid (speed of sound equal to the speed of light), if present, would dominate during such an early phase. Such a fluid with p=ρ1/a6p=\rho\propto1/a^{6} generates a term in the potential of the wave function of the WDW equation proportional to 1/a2. -1/a^{2}.\ This very peculiar quantum potential, which embodies a spontaneous breaking of dilatation invariance, has some very remarkable consequences for the wave function of the Universe: Ψ(a)\Psi(a) vanishes at the Big-Bang: Ψ(0)=0\Psi(0)=0; the wave function Ψ(a)\Psi(a) is always real; a superselection rule assures that the system is confined to a0a\geq0 without the need of imposing any additional artificial barrier for unphysical negative aa. These results do not depend on the operator-ordering problem of the WDW equation.

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@article{arxiv.1806.11407,
  title  = {Wheeler-DeWitt Universe Wave Function in the presence of stiff matter},
  author = {Francesco Giacosa and Giuseppe Pagliara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.11407},
  year   = {2020}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure