Published May 7, 2006
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Journal article
A simple model of big-crunch/big-bang transition
- 1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw (Poland)
Description
We present classical and quantum dynamics of a test particle in the compactified Milne space. Background spacetime includes one compact space dimension undergoing contraction to a point followed by expansion. Quantization consists in finding a self-adjoint representation of the algebra of particle observables. Our model offers some insight into the nature of the cosmic singularity
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/23/2963/cqg6_9_012.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/23/2963/cqg6_9_012.pdf;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/23/9/012;
- PII
- S0264-9381(06)08718-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 23
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2963-2977
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37063257
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRA; COMPACTIFICATION; COSMOLOGY; EXPANSION; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SINGULARITY; SPACE; SPACE-TIME; TEST PARTICLES
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY