Abstract
We employ recently developed approximation methods in the hybrid quantization of the Gowdy model with linear polarization and a massless scalar field to obtain physically interesting solutions of this inhomogeneous cosmology. More specifically, we propose some particular approximate solutions of the quantum Gowdy model constructed in such a way that, for the Hamiltonian constraint, they effectively behave as those corresponding to a flat homogeneous and isotropic universe filled with a perfect fluid, even though these quantum states are far from being homogeneous and isotropic. We analyze how one can get different perfect fluid effective behaviors, including the cases of dust, radiation, and a cosmological constant.
- Received 9 September 2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.024028
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