Physics NotePublished
The Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and the Singularity Problem in Quantum Cosmology
J. A. Barros; Nelson Pinto Neto
1997
Publication details
- Authors
- J. A. Barros; Nelson Pinto Neto
- Type
- Physics Note
- Status
- Published
- Publication date
- 1997
- Description
- 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.
- Year
- 1997
- Number
- CBPF-NF-005/97
- Linked to a thesis
- No
- Linked to a grant
- No