Quantum modified Regge-Teitelboim cosmology

Rubén Cordero, Miguel Cruz, Alberto Molgado, Efraín Rojas

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Abstract

The canonical quantization of the modified geodetic brane cosmology which is implemented from the Regge-Teitelboim model and the trace of the extrinsic curvature of the brane trajectory, K, is developed. As a second-order derivative model, on the grounds of the Ostrogradski Hamiltonian method and the Dirac's scheme for constrained systems, we find suitable first- and second-class constraints which allow for a proper quantization. We also find that the first-class constraints obey a sort of truncated Virasoro algebra. The effective quantum potential emerging in our approach is exhaustively studied where it shows that an embryonic epoch is still present. The quantum nucleation is sketched where we observe that it is driven by an effective cosmological constant.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1761
Pages (from-to)1-20
Number of pages20
JournalGeneral Relativity and Gravitation
Volume46
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014

Keywords

  • Brane-like cosmology
  • Canonical quantization
  • Constrained systems

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