Published September 15, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum probability distributions in the early Universe. III. A geometric representation of stochastic systems

  • 1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Description

We present a geometric interpretation of the dynamics of quantum stochastic systems obeying the Wigner equation. We apply this representation to the quantum fluctuations of the homogeneous long-range free scalar field in de Sitter space (m<, , , ...] space. Up to initial conditions, each trajectory uniquely characterizes the evolution of the system. The stationary states of the system act like fixed points or attractors in the moment space. We present the evolution of the scalar field as a flow in the moment space and show that the Bunch-Davies vacuum is the fixed point

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Journal Title
Physical Review, D
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1802-1808
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA