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Dynamical Vacuum in Quantum Cosmology

Flavio G. Alvarenga·Nivaldo A. Lemos
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By regarding the vacuum as a perfect fluid with equation of state p=-rho, de Sitter's cosmological model is quantized. Our treatment differs from previous ones in that it endows the vacuum with dynamical degrees of freedom. Instead of being postulated from the start, the cosmological constant arises from the degrees of freedom of the vacuum regarded as a dynamical entity, and a time variable can be naturally introduced. Taking the scale factor as the sole degree of freedom of the gravitational field, stationary and wave-packet solutions to the Wheeler-DeWitt equation are found. It turns out that states of the Universe with a definite value of the cosmological constant do not exist. For the wave packets investigated, quantum effects are noticeable only for small values of the scale factor, a classical regime being attained at asymptotically large times.

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Flavio G. Alvarenga, Nivaldo A. Lemos. 1998-02-13. Dynamical Vacuum in Quantum Cosmology. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1018896900336

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