Coherent semiclassical states for loop quantum cosmology

Details Coherent semiclassical states for loop quantum cosmology Coherent semiclassical states for loop quantum cosmology

2011-05-25

arxiv.org/abs/1105.5081v1

Phys.Rev.D84:044021,2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

37 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.84.044021

The spatially flat Friedman-Robertson-Walker (FRW) cosmological model with a massless scalar field in loop quantum cosmology admits a description in terms of a completely solvable model. This has been used to prove that: i) the quantum bounce that replaces the big bang singularity is generic; ii) there is an upper bound on the energy density for all states and iii) semiclassical states at late times had to be semiclassical before the bounce. Here we consider a family of exact solutions to the theory, corresponding to generalized coherent Gaussian and squeezed states. We analyze the behavior of basic physical observables and impose restrictions on the states based on physical considerations. These turn out to be enough to select, from all the generalized coherent states, those that behave semiclassical at late times. We study then the properties of such states near the bounce where the most `quantum behavior' is expected. As it turns out, the states remain sharply peaked and semiclassical at the bounce and the dynamics is very well approximated by the `effective theory' throughout the time evolution. We compare the semiclassicality properties of squeezed states to those of the Gaussian semiclassical states and conclude that the Gaussians are better behaved. In particular, the asymmetry in the relative fluctuations before and after the bounce are negligible, thus ruling out claims of so called `cosmic forgetfulness'.

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