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Quantum cosmological perfect fluid model and its classical analogue

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

The quantization of gravity coupled to a perfect fluid model leads to a Schr\"odinger-like equation, where the matter variable plays the role of time. The wave function can be determined, in the flat case, for an arbitrary barotropic equation of state p=αρp = \alpha\rho; solutions can also be found for the radiative non-flat case. The wave packets are constructed, from which the expectation value for the scale factor is determined. The quantum scenarios reveal a bouncing Universe, free from singularity. We show that such quantum cosmological perfect fluid models admit a universal classical analogue, represented by the addition, to the ordinary classical model, of a repulsive stiff matter fluid. The meaning of the existence of this universal classical analogue is discussed. The quantum cosmological perfect fluid model is, for a flat spatial section, formally equivalent to a free particle in ordinary quantum mechanics, for any value of α\alpha, while the radiative non-flat case is equivalent to the harmonic oscillator. The repulsive fluid needed to reproduce the quantum results is the same in both cases.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0108053,
  title  = {Quantum cosmological perfect fluid model and its classical analogue},
  author = {A. B. Batista and J. C. Fabris and S. V. B. Goncalves and Joel Tossa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0108053},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex file, 13 pages

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