FRW Quantum Cosmology  

In General > s.a. minisuperspace; models in canonical quantum gravity; quantum cosmology.
* Factor ordering: Different ones have been used for the a part of the kinetic term in the scalar constraint, such as, at least for k = 0, (a3)–1aaaa [Page JMP(91), Leclerc CQG(07)gq], a–1/4aa–1/2aa–1/4 [DeWitt PR(67)], and a–1/2aa–1/2a [Christodoulakis & Zanelli PLA(84)].
@ General references: Kiefer NPB(90); Louko & Ruback CQG(91) [spatially flat]; Perlt & Pohle PLB(91); Dalarsson MPLA(95); Mallett CQG(95); Dabrowski & Larsen PRD(95)gq [tunneling]; Pollock IJMPD(96) [open universe and causality horizon]; Hossain CQG(04)gq/03 [Hubble operator]; Anastopoulos & Savvidou CQG(05)gq/04 [histories approach]; Steigl & Hinterleitner CQG(06)gq/05 [and factor ordering]; Gerhardt a0806.
@ Singularity avoidance: Padmanabhan PRD(83) [conformal factor as degree of freedom]; Kim PLA(97)gq [with massless scalar, de Broglie-Bohm]; Bojowald PRL(01)gq; Husain & Winkler PRD(04)gq/03; Battisti & Montani PLB(07)gq, a0709-in [with gup], IJMPA(08)-a0802 [with minimal length].
@ Time evolution: Feinberg & Peleg PRD(95)gq [scalar, and Wheeler-DeWitt operator]; Hinterleitner CQG(02) [dust-filled]; Battisti & Montani gq/07/NCB [evolutionary quantization].

Loop / Connection Representation > s.a. loop quantum cosmology [including bounces]; inflationary models.
@ General references: Barbero & Ryan PRD(96)gq/95; Chakraborty GRG(97); Bojowald CQG(00)gq/99, CQG(00)gq/99, CQG(01)gq/00, CQG(01)gq/00, PRL(01)gq [initial conditions], CQG(02)gq, CQG(02)gq, GRG(03)gq; Chakraborty & Chakraborty NCB(00); Hinterleitner CQG(01); Ashtekar et al ATMP(03)gq; Bojowald & Morales-Técotl LNP(04)gq/03-in; Date & Hossain CQG(04)gq [effective H]; Banerjee & Date CQG(05)gq [effective H and discreteness]; Hossain CQG(05)gq [energy conditions and stability]; Mielczarek & Szydlowski PRD(08)-a0801 [corrections].
@ k = –1 model: Vandersloot PRD(07)gq/06; Szulc CQG(07)-a0707 [with < 0].
@ k = 0 model: Kaminski & Lewandowski a0709 [with massless scalar].
@ k = +1 model: Singh & Toporensky PRD(04)gq/03 [singularity avoidance]; Szulc et al CQG(07)gq/06; Ashtekar et al PRD(07)gq/06.
@ With matter: Xiong & Zhu PRD(07)gq [tachyon]; Nelson & Sakellariadou PRD(07)-a0706, PRD(07) [lattice refinement]; Gumjudpai a0706-in [phantom field].
@ Other semiclassical: Lidsey et al PRD(04)gq [oscillations, inflation]; Singh & Vandersloot PRD(05)gq; Sen PRD(06)gq [tachyon matter].
@ Related topics: Mora gq/00 [quantum gravity effects as inflaton]; Sami et al PRD(06)gq [future singularity].

Various Types of Matter
@ Scalar: Blyth & Isham PRD(75); Page JMP(91) [minimal vs conformal coupling]; Mena Marugán CQG(94)gq, PRD(94)gq [wormhole bases]; Embacher NPB(96)gq [massive]; Mostafazadeh JMP(98)gq/96; Blaut & Kowalski-Glikman PLB(97)gq [massless]; Gurovich et al GRG(01)gq/00; Mostafazadeh AP(04)gq/03, CzJP(04)gq/03 [interpretation]; Ita gq/07; > s.a. path integral quantum gravity.
@ Scalar, lqg: Bojowald & Hinterleitner PRD(02)gq [massless]; Alexander et al PRD(04)ht/03 [inflation]; Hinterleitner & Major PRD(03)gq [Lorentzian]; Green & Unruh PRD(04)gq [massless]; Ashtekar et al PRL(06), PRD(06)gq, PRD(07); Bojowald & Kagan PRD(06)gq [non-minimal, and inflation].
@ Scalar + other: Christodoulakis & Zanelli PLA(84) [+ fermion]; De Lorenci et al PRD(97)gq [+ dust]; Khvedelidze & Palii CQG(01)gq [+ spinor].
@ Other matter: Isham & Nelson PRD(74) [fermions]; Moniz CQG(02) [non-Abelian Born-Infeld]; Pinto-Neto et al PLA(05)gq [dust + radiation]; Monerat et al PRD(06)gq/05 [ < 0 + radiation]; Ortiz et al PLA(05) [pfluid + susy matter]; Dabrowski et al PRD(06)ht [phantom field]; Glinka gq/06; Pedram et al a0705-IJTP [Chaplygin gas]; Wei & Zhang PRD(07)-a0705 [lqg, quintom and h-essence energies].

Semiclassical, Phenomenology > s.a. cosmological acceleration.
@ General references: Higuchi & Wald PRD(95)gq/94 [and time]; Weinstein & Akhoury ht/03, ht/04 [de Sitter, and phenomenology]; Gousheh et al CQG(07)gq [wave packets].
@ Emergence of classical spacetime: Kim CQG(96)gq [with massive scalar, coherent states].
@ And classical chaos: Cornish & Shellard PRL(98)gq/97 [FRW + massive scalar]
@ Modified Friedmann equation: Maziashvili PRD(05)gq/04; Husain & Winkler PRD(07)gq/06 [polymer-like, semiclassical]; Singh et al PRD(06) [lqg, critical density and bounce]; > s.a. friedmann equation.

In Other Theories of Gravity > see modified theories of quantum gravity; quantum cosmology [changing constants].


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