Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2003-05-19
Gen.Rel.Grav. 35 (2003) 1877-1883
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
7 pages, this essay was awarded First Prize in the Gravity Research Foundation Essay Contest 2003
Scientific paper
In physical theories, boundary or initial conditions play the role of selecting special situations which can be described by a theory with its general laws. Cosmology has long been suspected to be different in that its fundamental theory should explain the fact that we can observe only one particular realization. This is not realized, however, in the classical formulation and in its conventional quantization; the situation is even worse due to the singularity problem. In recent years, a new formulation of quantum cosmology has been developed which is based on quantum geometry, a candidate for a theory of quantum gravity. Here, the dynamical law and initial conditions turn out to be linked intimately, in combination with a solution of the singularity problem.
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