Approximate canonical quantization for cosmological models

DOI10.1142/S0218271899000092MaRDI QIDQ2710978zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Cavaglià

Publication date 2 May 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9811025

zbMATH Keywords

approximate quantizationnonintegrable systemsShanmugadhasan variables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: In cosmology minisuperspace models are described by nonlinear time-reparametrization invariant systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom. Often these models are not explicitly integrable and cannot be quantized exactly. Having this in mind, we present a scheme for the (approximate) quantization of perturbed, nonintegrable, time-reparametrization invariant systems that uses (approximate) gauge invariant quantities. We apply the scheme to a couple of simple quantum cosmological models.

Review text

The author presents an approximate quantization procedure of finite-dimensional, time-reparametrization invariant, nonintegrable systems. The presented method is based on the construction of a distinguished set of variables called Shanmugadhasan variables. In his procedure these variables are approximated to some order in the perturbation parameter which identifies the nonintegrable sector of the theory. Transforming then to new canonical variables the system under concern can be quantized using standard techniques. The author points out that his method has some similarities to the method developed by \textit{A. O. Barvinsky} [Classical Quantum Gravity 10, 1985-1999 (1993; Zbl 0801.47050)]and \textit{A. O. Barvinsky} and \textit{V. Krykhtin} [Classical Quantum Gravity 10, 1957-1984 (1993; Zbl 0802.47062)]. However, making use of the presented method the author proves the equivalence of Dirac's and the reduced methods of quantization up to arbitrary order in the perturbation parameter.

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