The Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and The Singularity Problem in Quantum Cosmology
arXiv:gr-qc/9611028 · doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00396-4
Abstract
We apply the causal interpretation of quantum mechanics to homogeneous quantum cosmology and show that the quantum theory is independent of any time-gauge choice and there is no issue of time. We exemplify this result by studying a particular minisuperspace model where the quantum potential driven by a prescribed quantum state prevents the formation of the classical singularity, independently on the choice of the lapse function. This means that the fast-slow-time gauge conjecture is irrelevant within the framework of the causal interpretation of quantum cosmology.
18 pages, LaTeX