Third quantization: modeling the universe as a 'particle' in a quantum field theory of the minisuperspace
arXiv:1211.6369 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/410/1/012133
Abstract
The third quantization formalism of quantum cosmology adds simplicity and conceptual insight into the quantum description of the multiverse. Within such a formalism, the existence of squeezed and entangled states raises the question of whether the complementary principle of quantum mechanics has to be extended to the quantum description of the whole space-time manifold. If so, the 'particle' description entails the consideration of a multiverse scenario and the 'wave' description induces us to consider as well correlations and interactions among the universes of the multiverse.
4 pages. Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences, September 3-7, 2012, Budapest, Hungary
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