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Smooth Big Bounce from Affine Quantization
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. D 89, 083522 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- We examine the possibility of dealing with gravitational singularities on a quantum level through the use of coherent state or wavelet quantization instead of canonical quantization. We consider the Robertson-Walker metric coupled to a perfect fluid. It is the simplest model of a gravitational collapse and the results obtained here may serve as a useful starting point for more complex investigations in future. We follow a quantization procedure based on affine coherent states or wavelets built from the unitary irreducible representation of the affine group of the real line with positive dilation. The main issue of our approach is the appearance of a quantum centrifugal potential allowing for regularization of the singularity, essential self-adjointness of the Hamiltonian, and unambiguous quantum dynamical evolution.<br />Comment: 22+9 pages, 3 figures
- Subjects :
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. D 89, 083522 (2014)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1305.0653
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.083522