Is spacetime absolutely or just most probably Lorentzian?

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/16/165009zbMATH Open1346.83066arXiv1509.00911OpenAlexW2146032531MaRDI QIDQ2822170FDOQ2822170

Authors: Aharon Davidson, Ben Yellin 

Publication date: 27 September 2016

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Pre-gauging the cosmological scale factor $a(t)$ does not introduce unphysical degrees of freedom into the exact FLRW classical solution. It seems to lead, however, to a non-dynamical mini superspace. The missing ingredient, a generalised momentum enjoying canonical Dirac (rather than Poisson) brackets with the lapse function $n(t)$, calls for measure scaling which can be realised by means of a scalar field. The latter is essential for establishing a geometrical connection with the 5-dimensional Kaluza-Klein Schwarzschild-deSitter black hole. Contrary to the Hartle-Hawking approach, (i) The $t$-independent wave function $psi(a)$ is traded for an explicit $t$-dependent $psi(n,t)$, (ii) The classical FLRW configuration does play a major role in the structure of the 'most classical' cosmological wave packet, and (iii) The non-singular Euclid/Lorentz crossovers get quantum mechanically smeared.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.00911

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum cosmologydilaton gravityquantum black holeKaluza-Klein gravitymini-superspace

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Black holes (83C57) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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