Published November 21, 2007
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Journal article
Quantum Stephani exact cosmological solutions and the selection of time variable
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran 19839 (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Description
We study a perfect fluid Stephani quantum cosmological model. In the present work, the Schutz's variational formalism which recovers the notion of time is applied. This gives rise to a Wheeler-DeWitt equation for the scale factor. We use the eigenfunctions in order to construct wave packets for each case. We study the time-dependent behavior of the expectation value of the scale factor, using many-worlds and de Broglie-Bohm interpretations of quantum mechanics
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/24/22/014;
- PII
- S0264-9381(07)55000-8;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 24
- Journal Issue
- 22
- Journal Page Range
- p. 5515-5526
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39043861
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS; EXPECTATION VALUE; IDEAL FLOW; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TIME DEPENDENCE; VARIATIONAL METHODS; WAVE PACKETS
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; FLUID FLOW; FUNCTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; STEADY FLOW