Aspects of Quantum Cosmology
arXiv:2101.12659
Abstract
In this thesis, we try to resolve the alleged problem of non-unitarity for various anisotropic cosmological models. Using Wheeler-DeWitt formulation, we quantized the anisotropic models with variable spatial curvature, namely Bianchi II and Bianchi VI. We showed that Hamiltonian of respective models admits self-adjoint extension, thus unitary evolution. We further extended the unitary evolution for higher dimensional anisotropic cosmological models. We also showed that unitarity of the model preserves the Noether symmetry but loses the scale invariance. In later part of this thesis, we showed the equivalence of Jordan and Einstein frames at the quantum level for the flat FRW model. Obtained expressions for wave packet matched exactly in both the frames indicating the equivalence of frames. We also showed that equivalence holds true for various anisotropic quantum cosmological models, i.e., Bianchi I, V, X, LRS Bianchi-I and Kantowski-Sachs models.
arXiv commentThesis submitted to IISER Kolkata for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science, December 2020
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