Quantum cosmology of scalar-tensor theories and self-adjointness

DOI10.1063/1.4979537zbMath1365.83033arXiv1608.08971MaRDI QIDQ2981029

Paulo Rodrigues Lima Vargas Moniz, Carla R. Almeida, Antonio B. Batista, Júlio César Fabris

Publication date: 8 May 2017

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics, Physical and Mathematical Aspects of Symmetries (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.08971

zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian; scalar-tensor theories; Quantum cosmology; Brans-Dicke action; quantum mini-superspace

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

47B25: Linear symmetric and selfadjoint operators (unbounded)

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

81S10: Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods

83C55: Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.)

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories

46S60: Functional analysis on superspaces (supermanifolds) or graded spaces