Is Wick rotation necessary in quantum cosmology?
Abstract
A quantum cosmological wave function for a de Sitter minisuperspace model and a Kantowski-Sacks minisuperspace model is evaluated by means of Hajicek's (1985) Lorentzian path integral prescription. In both cases, this wave function exhibits semiclassical behavior closely related to that of the Hartle-Hawking (1983) wave function.
- Publication:
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Liege International Astrophysical Colloquia
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986LIACo..26...41L
- Keywords:
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- Cosmology;
- Quantum Theory;
- Wave Functions;
- Black Holes (Astronomy);
- Rotation;
- Schwarzschild Metric;
- Astrophysics