Coherent State Functional Integrals in Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Coherent state functional integrals for the minisuperspace models of quantum cosmology are studied. By the well-established canonical theories, the transition amplitudes in the path-integral representations of Wheeler-DeWitt quantum cosmology and loop quantum cosmology can be formulated through group averaging. The effective action and Hamiltonian with higher-order quantum corrections are thus obtained in both models. It turns out that for a non-symmetric Hamiltonian constraint operator, the Moyal (star)-product emerges naturally in the effective Hamiltonian. This reveals the intrinsic relation among coherent state functional integral, effective theory and star-product. Moreover, both the resulted effective theories imply a possible quantum cosmological effect in large scale limit.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1110.5480,
title = {Coherent State Functional Integrals in Quantum Cosmology},
author = {Li Qin and Yongge Ma},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5480},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
16 pages, errors corrected, published version in PRD