Harmonic cosmology: How much can we know about a universe before the big bang?
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Quantum gravity may remove classical space-time singularities and thus reveal what a universe at and before the big bang could be like. In loop quantum cosmology, an exactly solvable model is available which allows one to address precise dynamical coherent states and their evolution in such a setting. It is shown here that quantum fluctuations before the big bang are generically unrelated to those after the big bang. A reliable determination of pre-big bang quantum fluctuations would require exceedingly precise observations.- quantum gravity
- cosmology
- dynamical coherent states
- oscillator: harmonic
- quantum cosmology: loop space
- fluctuation: quantum
- quantum gravity
- big bang
- coherent state
- decoherence
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