The flat FRW model in LQC: self-adjointness

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/3/035001MaRDI QIDQ5445247zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Wojciech Kamiński, Jerzy Lewandowski

Publication date 4 March 2008

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3120

zbMATH Keywords

Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universeloop quantum cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: The flat FRW model coupled to the massless scalar field according to the improved, background scale independent version of Ashtekar, Pawlowski and Singh is considered. The core of the theory is addressed directly: the APS construction of the quantum Hamiltonian is analyzed under the assumption that cosmological constant $Lambdale0$. We prove the essential self-adjointness of the operator whose square-root defines the quantum Hamiltonian operator and therefore, provide the explicit definition. If $Lambda<0$, then the spectrum is discrete. In the $Lambda=0$ case, the essential and absolutely continues spectra of the operator are derived. The latter operator is related in the unitary way to the absolutely continuous part of the Quantum Mechanics operator $a(-fracpartia{l}^{2}partial{y}^2-fracb{mcosh}^{2}haty)$ ($a,b>0$ being some constants) plus a trace class operator.

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