Probing singularities in quantum cosmology with curvature scalars

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2009.04.002zbMATH Open1229.83085arXiv0708.3852OpenAlexW1972698424WikidataQ124850371 ScholiaQ124850371MaRDI QIDQ653142FDOQ653142

Authors: G. Oliveira-Neto, E. V. Corrêa Silva, G. A. Monerat, Nivaldo A. Lemos 

Publication date: 6 January 2012

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We provide further evidence that the canonical quantization of cosmological models eliminates the classical Big Bang singularity, using the {it DeBroglie-Bohm} interpretation of quantum mechanics. The usual criterion for absence of the Big Bang singularity in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker quantum cosmological models is the non-vanishing of the expectation value of the scale factor. We compute the `local expectation value' of the Ricci and Kretschmann scalars, for some quantum FRW models. We show that they are finite for all time. Since these scalars are elements of general scalar polynomials in the metric and the Riemann tensor, this result indicates that, for the quantum models treated here, the `local expectation value' of these general scalar polynomials should be finite everywhere. Therefore, we have further evidence that the quantization of the models treated here eliminates the classical Big Bang singularity. PACS: 04.40.Nr, 04.60.Ds, 98.80.Qc.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3852

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum cosmologybig bang singularityde Broglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

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