Time Gauge Fixing and Hilbert Space in Quantum String Cosmology

Author

Marco Cavaglia, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Vittorio De Alfaro

Abstract

Recently the low-energy effective string theory has been used by Gasperini and Veneziano to elaborate a very interesting scenario for the early history of the universe ("birth of the universe as quantum scattering"). Here we investigate the gauge fixing and the problem of the definition of a global time parameter for the quantum form of the model, and obtain the positive norm Hilbert space of states.

Recommended Citation

M. Cavaglia and V. De Alfaro, "Time Gauge Fixing and Hilbert Space in Quantum String Cosmology," General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 773 - 787, Springer Verlag, Jun 1997.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018890023591

Department(s)

Physics

Keywords and Phrases

Quantum cosmology; String cosmology

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0001-7701

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1997 Springer Verlag, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jun 1997