Affine Histories in Quantum Gravity: Introduction and the Representation for a Cosmological Model
arXiv:gr-qc/0605105 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/5/014
Abstract
It is shown how consistent histories quantum cosmology can be realised through Isham's Histories Projection Operator consistent histories scheme. This is done by using an affine algebra instead of a canonical one and also by using cocycle representations. A regularisation scheme allows us to find a history Hamiltonian which exists as a proper self-adjoint operator. The role of a cocycle choice is also discussed.
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