WKB Approximation for a Deformed Schrodinger-like Equation and its Applications to Quasinormal Modes of Black Holes and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

In this paper, we use the WKB approximation method to approximately solve a deformed Schrodinger-like differential equation: $\left[-{\hslash }^2{\partial }_{\xi }^2{g}^2\left(-i\hslash \alpha {\partial }_{\xi }\right)-p^2\left(\xi \right)\right]\psi \left(\xi \right)=0$, which are frequently dealt with in various effective models of quantum gravity, where the parameter $\alpha$ characterizes effects of quantum gravity. For an arbitrary function $g\left(x\right)$ satisfying several properties proposed in the paper, we find the WKB solutions, the WKB connection formulas through a turning point, the deformed Bohr--Sommerfeld quantization rule, and the deformed tunneling rate formula through a potential barrier. Several examples of applying the WKB approximation to the deformed quantum mechanics are investigated. In particular, we calculate the bound states of the Pöschl-Teller potential and estimate the effects of quantum gravity on the quasinormal modes of a Schwarzschild black hole. Moreover, the area quantum of the black hole is considered via Bohr's correspondence principle. Finally, the WKB solutions of the deformed Wheeler--DeWitt equation for a closed Friedmann universe with a scalar field are obtained, and the effects of quantum gravity on the probability of sufficient inflation is discussed in the context of the tunneling proposal.

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