Symmetries in Classical and Quantum Treatment of Einstein’s Cosmological Equations and Mini-Superspace Actions
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Nuclear and Particle Physics Section, Physics Department, University of Athens, GR 157-71 Athen, Greece
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Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Symmetry 2018, 10(3), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym10030070
Received: 17 February 2018 / Revised: 12 March 2018 / Accepted: 13 March 2018 / Published: 16 March 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Cosmology)
The use of automorphisms of the various Bianchi-type Lie algebras as Lie-point symmetries of the corresponding Einstein field equations entails a reduction of their order and ultimately leads to the entire solution space. When a valid reduced action principle exists, the symmetries of the configuration mini-supermetric space can also be used, in conjunction with the constraints, to provide local or non-local constants of motion. At the classical level, depending on their number, these integrals can even secure the acquisition of the entire solution space without any further solving of the dynamical equations. At the quantum level, their operator analogues can be used, along with the Wheeler–DeWitt equation, to define unique wave functions that exhibit singularity-free behavior at a semi-classical level.
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Christodoulakis T, Karagiorgos A, Zampeli A. Symmetries in Classical and Quantum Treatment of Einstein’s Cosmological Equations and Mini-Superspace Actions. Symmetry. 2018; 10(3):70. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym10030070
Chicago/Turabian StyleChristodoulakis, Theodosios; Karagiorgos, Alexandros; Zampeli, Adamantia. 2018. "Symmetries in Classical and Quantum Treatment of Einstein’s Cosmological Equations and Mini-Superspace Actions" Symmetry 10, no. 3: 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym10030070
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