Wheeler-dewitt equation and the no-boundary proposal in a minisuperspace model

Dissertant

al-Hurani, Awni Naim Nahar

Thesis advisor

Chair, Nur al-Din

Comitee Members

Rabi, Uqab M.
Mahmud, Sami
Ghasib, Hisham

University

Al albayt University

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences

Department

Department of Physics

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2009

English Abstract

The essential physical concepts and mathematical tools used in constructing a simple homogenous isotropic model were investigated.

The action for this model was calculated and used to derive the Wheeler-DeWitt equation then Hartle-Hawking no-boundary proposal was discussed and implemented into the model at a semi-classical level to derive the no-boundary wave function.

The results discussed; the no-boundary wave function was indeed a solution to Wheeler-DeWitt equation which approves the success of the no-boundary proposal to be a good boundary proposal and assures the equivalence of canonical and path integral quantization.

Main Subjects

Physics

Topics

• Quantum theory
• Mathematical physics

No. of Pages

61

Table of Contents

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-307730