Classical limit in quantum cosmology: Quantum mechanics and the Wigner function

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Oct 1990

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Physical Review D (Particles and Fields), Volume 42, Issue 8, 15 October 1990, pp.2566-2576

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We study the classical limit of quantum mechanics as applied to quantum cosmology. Conventional wisdom regards the peaking of the Wigner function of the Universe around a classical trajectory as being a quantum prediction of that trajectory. We show that, with quantum interference correctly taken into account, the hoped for ``classical correlation'' does not exist. There are, therefore, serious difficulties with the notion that a pure quantum state has a classical limit relevant to the description of our world. Some form of quantum decoherence appears necessary for a strict classical limit to exist. This alternative is briefly discussed.

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