| Deparametrization and Path Integral Quantization of Cosmological Models Contributor(s): Simeone, Claudio (Author) |
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ISBN: 9810247419 ISBN-13: 9789810247416 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2002 Annotation: In this book, homogeneous cosmological models whose Hamilton -- Jacobi equation is separable are deparametrized by turning their action functional into that of an ordinary gauge system. Canonical gauges imposed on the gauge system are used to define global phase time in terms of the canonical variables of the minisuperspace. The procedure clearly shows how the geometry of the constraint surface restricts the choice of time. The consequences that this has for path integral quantization are discussed, and the transition amplitude is obtained from relativistic isotropic models, relativistic anisotropic models (Kantowski-Sachs and Taub) and isotropic string cosmologies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Science | Astronomy - Medical |
| Dewey: 523.01 |
| Series: World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Physical Information: 152 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The problem of time is a central feature of quantum cosmology: differing from ordinary quantum mechanics, in cosmology there is nothing "outside" the system which plays the role of clock, and this makes difficult the obtention of a consistent quantization. A possible solution is to assume that a subset of the variables describing the state of the universe can be a clock for the remaining of the system. Following this line, in this book a new proposal consisting in the previous identification of time by means of gauge fixation is applied to the quantization of homogeneous cosmological models. Both path integral and canonical formulations are studied for relativistic and string cosmologies; in particular, a complete chapter about low energy string cosmology is included. The required basic concepts (as for example the Hamiltonian formulation of General Relativity) are reviewed, so that the book can be of interest not only for a researcher but also for a student. |