Problem of unitarity and quantum corrections in semiclassical quantum gravity

Sang Pyo Kim
Phys. Rev. D 55, 7511 – Published 15 June 1997
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Abstract

Using both the Born-Oppenheimer idea and the de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of a wave function we represent in a different way the semiclassical quantum gravity from the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in an oscillating regime which can preserve completely the unitary quantum evolution of a matter field at the expense of a nonlinear gravitational field equation, but has the same asymptotic limit as the others. We apply the de Broglie–Bohm interpretation to the nonlinear gravitational field equation to develop a perturbation method to find the quantum corrections of a matter field to the gravity. The semiclassical Einstein equation with the quantum corrections is found for a minimal quantum FRW cosmological model.

  • Received 14 November 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.7511

©1997 American Physical Society

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Sang Pyo Kim

  • Department of Physics, Kunsan National University, Kunsan 573-701, Korea

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Vol. 55, Iss. 12 — 15 June 1997

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