An introduction to quantum cosmology
| dc.creator | Wiltshire, D. L. | |
| dc.date | 2000-12-30 | |
| dc.date | 2003-09-03 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:25:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:25:34Z | |
| dc.description | This is an introductory set of lecture notes on quantum cosmology, given in 1995 to an audience with interests ranging from astronomy to particle physics. Topics covered: 1. Introduction: 1.1 Quantum cosmology and quantum gravity; 1.2 A brief history of quantum cosmology. 2. Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity: 2.1 The 3+1 decomposition; 2.2 The action. 3. Quantisation: 3.1 Superspace; 3.2 Canonical quantisation; 3.3 Path integral quantisation; 3.4 Minisuperspace; 3.5 The WKB approximation; 3.6 Probability measures; 3.7 Minisuperspace for the Friedmann universe with massive scalar field. 4. Boundary Conditions: 4.1 The no-boundary proposal; 4.2 The tunneling proposal. 5. The predictions of quantum cosmology: 5.1 The period of inflation; 5.2 The origin of density perturbations; 5.3 The arrow of time. | |
| dc.description | 60 pages, harvmac, 11 figures, epsf. These summer school lecture notes have been available for 5 years; but are being placed on the archive to make them more easily accessible. Published in "Cosmology: the Physics of the Universe", eds B. Robson, N. Visvanathan and W.S. Woolcock (World Scientific, Singapore, 1996) pp 473-531; v2 reference added, typo fixed | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0101003 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0101003 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33759 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | An introduction to quantum cosmology | |
| dc.type | text |