SIGNS AND COSMOLOGY

DOI10.1142/S0218271812420084zbMATH Open1266.83179arXiv1205.3800OpenAlexW2141086793MaRDI QIDQ4919702FDOQ4919702

Arundhati Dasgupta, Adamantia Zampeli

Publication date: 15 May 2013

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using a new effective action predicted from quantum gravity where the sign of the Euclidean Einstein action is reversed we discuss WKB solutions in quantum cosmology and predict that this sign change might explain the origin of phantom scalars.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3800

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitycosmologyWKBWentzel-Kramers-Brillouinphantom scalar fieldssemi-classical WKB approximation for quantum cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Cites Work

• The path integral measure, conformal factor problem and stability of the ground state of quantum gravity
• A proper-time cure for the conformal sickness in quantum gravity
• The gravitational path integral and the trace of the diffeomorphisms

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