The Wheeler-DeWitt Equation : a schrèodinger equation for the origin of the universe
The question of the origin of the universe is an ancient one, yet science has had the tools to search for a proper answer for only the last hundred years or so. Over the last fifty years there has been an increasing interest in solving this particular puzzle and it all started with Einstein's G...
- Autores:
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Uribe Suárez, Juan David
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2015
- Institución:
- Universidad de los Andes
- Repositorio:
- Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/60902
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/1992/60902
- Palabra clave:
- Cosmología
Teoría cuántica
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
| Summary: | The question of the origin of the universe is an ancient one, yet science has had the tools to search for a proper answer for only the last hundred years or so. Over the last fifty years there has been an increasing interest in solving this particular puzzle and it all started with Einstein's General Relativity. In cosmology one uses this theory to study the universe as a physical system. That is, a system to study mathematically with a set of equations, principles and sensible assumptions that agree with observations. Although some models agree to a high degree with current observations, they fail to give a satisfactory answer to the question mentioned. Yet they give several hints that tell us that we should look for the answer within the realm of quantum mechanics. Specifically, we should look for a quantum theory of gravity. The final result of the canonical quantum gravity programme is the Wheeler-DeWitt equation... |
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