Is spacetime absolutely or just most probably Lorentzian?

preprint2016arXivOpen access

Abstract

Pre-gauging the cosmological scale factor a(t)a(t) does not introduce unphysical degrees of freedom into the exact FLRW classical solution. It seems to lead, however, to a non-dynamical mini superspace. The missing ingredient, a generalised momentum enjoying canonical Dirac (rather than Poisson) brackets with the lapse function n(t)n(t), calls for measure scaling which can be realised by means of a scalar field. The latter is essential for establishing a geometrical connection with the 5-dimensional Kaluza-Klein Schwarzschild-deSitter black hole. Contrary to the Hartle-Hawking approach, (i) The tt-independent wave function ψ(a)ψ(a) is traded for an explicit tt-dependent ψ(n,t)ψ(n, t), (ii) The classical FLRW configuration does play a major role in the structure of the 'most classical' cosmological wave packet, and (iii) The non-singular Euclid/Lorentz crossovers get quantum mechanically smeared.

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