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Class of solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation with ordering parameter

H. S. Vieira, V. B. Bezerra, C. R. Muniz, M. S. Cunha, H. R. Christiansen

2020Physics Letters B14 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

In this letter, we discuss the Wheeler-DeWitt equation with an ordering parameter in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe. The solutions when the universe was very small and at the end of the expansion are obtained in terms of Bessel and Heun functions, respectively. We also obtain a boundary condition which should be satisfied by the ordering parameter, namely, 0≤p≤2. We investigate the minimum value of the scale factor with respect to the maximum value of the probability density.

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Bessel functionBoundary value problemMathematicsScale factor (cosmology)UniverseMathematical physicsClass (philosophy)Value (mathematics)Metric expansion of spaceApplied mathematicsPhysicsMathematical analysisStatisticsCosmologyQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceDark energyCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesStatistical Mechanics and EntropyAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics