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Chaos and Semiclassical Limit in Quantum Cosmology

arXiv:gr-qc/9411045 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.51.6821

Abstract

In this paper we present a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological model conformally coupled to a massive scalar field where the WKB approximation fails to reproduce the exact solution to the Wheeler-DeWitt equation for large Universes. The breakdown of the WKB approximation follows the same pattern than in semiclassical physics of chaotic systems, and it is associated to the development of small scale structure in the wave function. This result puts in doubt the ``WKB interpretation'' of Quantum Cosmology.

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