Bouncing unitary cosmology. I: Mini-superspace general solution

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AAF823zbMATH Open1475.83137arXiv1801.05789OpenAlexW2783672004MaRDI QIDQ3383589FDOQ3383589

Authors: Sean Gryb, Karim P. Y. Thébault 

Publication date: 24 September 2021

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

Abstract: We offer a new proposal for cosmic singularity resolution based upon a quantum cosmology with a unitary bounce. This proposal is illustrated via a novel quantization of a mini-superspace model in which there can be superpositions of the cosmological constant. This possibility leads to a finite, bouncing unitary cosmology. Whereas the usual Wheeler--DeWitt cosmology generically displays pathological behaviour in terms of non-finite expectation values and non-unitary dynamics, the finiteness and unitarity of our model are formally guaranteed. For classically singular models with a massless scalar field and cosmological constant, we show that well-behaved quantum observables can be constructed and generic solutions to the universal Schr"{o}dinger equation are singularity-free. Generic solutions of our model displays novel features including: i) superpositions of values of the cosmological constant; ii) universal effective physics due to non-trivial self-adjoint extensions of the Hamiltonian; and iii) bound `Efimov universe' states for negative cosmological constant. The last feature provides a new platform for quantum simulation of the early universe. A companion paper provides detailed interpretation and analysis of particular cosmological solutions that display a cosmic bounce due to quantum gravitational effects, a well-defined FLRW limit far from the bounce, and a semi-classical turnaround point in the dynamics of the scalar field which resembles an effective inflationary epoch.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05789

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantquantum cosmologyproblem of timebouncing cosmologysingularity resolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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