Two-point functions in (loop) quantum cosmology

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/12/125014MaRDI QIDQ3086960zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Gianluca Calcagni, Steffen Gielen, Daniele Oriti

Publication date 1 August 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.4290, http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/151739/1/1011.4290v2.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: The path-integral formulation of quantum cosmology with a massless scalar field as a sum-over-histories of volume transitions is discussed, with particular but non-exclusive reference to loop quantum cosmology. Exploiting the analogy with the relativistic particle, we give a complete overview of the possible two-point functions, pointing out the choices involved in their definitions, deriving their vertex expansions and the composition laws they satisfy. We clarify the origin and relations of different quantities previously defined in the literature, in particular the tie between definitions using a group averaging procedure and those in a deparametrized framework. Finally, we draw some conclusions about the physics of a single quantum universe (where there exist superselection rules on positive- and negative-frequency sectors and different choices of inner product are physically equivalent) and multiverse field theories where the role of these sectors and the inner product are reinterpreted.

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