English

Clocks and trajectories in quantum cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-01-26 v2

Abstract

We consider a simple cosmological model consisting of an empty Bianchi I Universe, whose Hamiltonian we deparametrise to provide a natural clock variable. The model thus effectively describes an isotropic universe with an induced clock given by the shear. Quantising this model, we obtain various different possible bouncing trajectories (semiquantum expectation values on coherent states or obtained by the de Broglie-Bohm formulation) and explicit their clock dependence, specifically emphasising the question of symmetry across the bounce.

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@article{arxiv.2201.09138,
  title  = {Clocks and trajectories in quantum cosmology},
  author = {Przemysław Małkiewicz and Patrick Peter and S. D. P. Vitenti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.09138},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

13 pages, 4 figures, for Universe special issue on quantum cosmology

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