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Semiclassical Limit and Time in Quantum Cosmology

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arxiv gr-qc/9907031 v2 pith:HG2XTBNO submitted 1999-07-08 gr-qc

Semiclassical Limit and Time in Quantum Cosmology

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keywords classicalequationfunctionlimitquantumrecoversemiclassicaltime
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We propose a method to recover the time variable and the classical evolution of the Universe from the minisuperspace wave function of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. Defining a Hamilton-Jacobi characteristic function $W$ as the imaginary part of the $\ln \Psi$ we can recover the classical solution, and quantum corrections. The key idea is to let the energy of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation vanish only after the semiclassical limit is taken.

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