Wave functions for arbitrary operator ordering in the de Sitter minisuperspace approximation
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Publication:1584760
DOI10.1023/A:1001932502138zbMATH Open0999.83076arXivgr-qc/9905090OpenAlexW2949098954MaRDI QIDQ1584760FDOQ1584760
Authors: David L. Wiltshire 
Publication date: 5 November 2000
Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We derive exact series solutions for the Wheeler-DeWitt equation corresponding to a spatially closed Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe with cosmological constant for arbitrary operator ordering of the scale factor of the universe. The resulting wave functions are those relevant to the approximation which has been widely used in two-dimensional minisuperspace models with an inflationary scalar field for the purpose of predicting the period of inflation which results from competing boundary condition proposals for the wave function of the universe. The problem that Vilenkin's tunneling wave function is not normalizable for general operator orderings, is shown to persist for other values of the spatial curvature, and when additional matter degrees of freedom such as radiation are included.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9905090
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