Gielen, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-5430 and Magueijo, J. (2023) Quantum resolution of the cosmological singularity without new physics. Europhysics Letters, 141 (5). ISSN 0295-5075
Abstract
We study a quantum Hot Big Bang in the connection representation, with a matter constant of motion m whose conjugate defines time. Superpositions in m induce a unitary inner product. The wave function reveals a resolution of the singularity problem without new physics or supplementary boundary conditions. Backtracking in time, the probability peak eventually halts at a maximum curvature, its height dropping thereafter while a symmetric contracting peak rises. The Big Bang is replaced by a superposition of contracting and expanding regular Universes. We contrast these findings with the situation in the metric representation, where boundary conditions at the singularity are needed for unitary evolution.
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2023 The author(s). Published by the EPLA under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY). Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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| Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Mathematics and Statistics (Sheffield) |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2023 15:43 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2023 15:43 |
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/acbc48 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.1209/0295-5075/acbc48 |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:196896 |

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