IMPLICATIONS OF A QUANTUM-MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF THE UNIVERSE

Authors
OZER M
Citation
M. Ozer, IMPLICATIONS OF A QUANTUM-MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF THE UNIVERSE, Modern physics letters A, 13(5), 1998, pp. 347-351
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Particles & Fields","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
Modern physics letters A → ACNP
ISSN journal
02177323
Volume
13
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
347 - 351
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(1998)13:5<347:IOAQTO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We attempt to treat the very early Universe according to quantum mecha nics. Identifying the scale factor of the Universe with the width of t he wave packet associated with it, we show that there cannot be an ini tial singularity and that the Universe expands. Invoking the correspon dence principle, we obtain the scale factor of the Universe and demons trate that the causality problem of the standard model is solved.