Stephani-Schutz quantum cosmology

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DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2007.08.077zbMATH Open1246.83081arXiv0708.4143OpenAlexW1985514974MaRDI QIDQ446808FDOQ446808


Authors: P. Pedram, S. Jalalzadeh, S. S. Gousheh Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 8 September 2012

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the Stephani quantum cosmological model in the presence of a cosmological constant in radiation dominated Universe. In the present work the Schutz's variational formalism which recovers the notion of time is applied. This gives rise to Wheeler-DeWitt equations which can be cast in the form of Schr"odinger equations for the scale factor. We find their eigenvalues and eigenfunctions by using the Spectral Method. Then we use the eigenfunctions in order to construct wave packets and evaluate the time-dependent expectation value of the scale factor, which is found to oscillate between non-zero finite maximum and minimum values. Since the expectation value of the scale factor never tends to the singular point, we have an initial indication that this model may not have singularities at the quantum level.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.4143




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