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Quantum resolution of the cosmological singularity without new physics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-03-02 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study a quantum Hot Big Bang in the connection representation, with a matter constant of motion m whose conjugate defines time. Superpositions in m induce a unitary inner product. The wavefunction reveals a resolution of the singularity problem without new physics or supplementary boundary conditions. Backtracking in time, the probability peak eventually halts at a maximum curvature, its height dropping thereafter while a symmetric contracting peak rises. The Big Bang is replaced by a superposition of contracting and expanding regular Universes. We contrast these findings with the situation in the metric representation, where boundary conditions at the singularity are needed for unitary evolution.

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@article{arxiv.2204.01771,
  title  = {Quantum resolution of the cosmological singularity without new physics},
  author = {Steffen Gielen and João Magueijo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.01771},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

6 pages, 3 figures, letter format; v3: fixed some typos, close to published version

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