Published September 15, 1988
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Journal article
Quantum probability distributions in the early Universe. III. A geometric representation of stochastic systems
Creators
- 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
Additional details
Publishing Information
- 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20001067
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DE SITTER GROUP; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SCALAR FIELDS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNIVERSE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYMMETRY GROUPS