Quantum cosmology with scalar fields: self-adjointness and cosmological scenarios

DOI10.1134/S0202289315030020zbMATH Open1327.83257arXiv1501.04170OpenAlexW2158318273WikidataQ57562349 ScholiaQ57562349MaRDI QIDQ895732FDOQ895732

Authors: Carla R. Almeida, A. B. Batista, Julio C. Fabris, Paulo Rodrigues Lima Vargas Moniz 

Publication date: 4 December 2015

Published in: Gravitation \& Cosmology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss the issue of unitarity in particular quantum cosmological models with scalar field. The time variable is recovered, in this context, by using the Schutz's formalism for a radiative fluid. Two cases are considered: a phantom scalar field and an ordinary scalar field. For the first case, it is shown that the evolution is unitary provided a convenient factor ordering and inner product measure are chosen; the same happens for the ordinary scalar field, except for some special cases for which the Hamiltonian is not self-adjoint but admits a self-adjoint extension. In all cases, even for those cases not exhibiting unitary evolution, the formal computation of the expectation value of the scale factor indicates a non-singular bounce. The importance of the unitary evolution in quantum cosmology is briefly discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.04170

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonianscalar fieldsquantum cosmologyself-adjointphantom scalar field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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