Modeling the quantum evolution of the universe through classical matter

DOI10.1007/S10714-013-1531-ZzbMATH Open1271.83097OpenAlexW1984909661MaRDI QIDQ354733FDOQ354733

Authors: João Paulo M. Pitelli, P. S. Letelier 

Publication date: 19 July 2013

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is well known that the canonical quantization of the Friedmann-Lema^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) filled with a perfect fluid leads to nonsingular universes which, for later times, behave as their classical counterpart. This means that the expectation value of the scale factor $<a>(t)$ never vanishes and, as $toinfty$, we recover the classical expression for the scale factor. In this paper, we show that such universes can be reproduced by classical cosmology given that the universe is filled with an exotic matter. In the case of a perfect fluid, we find an implicit equation of state (EoS). We then show that this single fluid with an implict EoS is equivalent to two non-interacting fluids, one of them representing stiff matter with negative energy density. In the case of two non-interacting scalar fields, one of them of the phantom type, we find their potential energy. In both cases we find that quantum mechanics changes completely the configuration of matter for small values of time, by adding a fluid or a scalar field with negative energy density. As time passes, the density of negative energy decreases and we recover the ordinary content of the classical universe. The more the initial wave function of the universe is concentrated around the classical big bang singularity, the more it is necessary to add negative energy, since this type of energy will be responsible for the removal of the classical singularity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5802

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum cosmologyequation of statebig bang singularitybouncing universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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