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Representation transformation in quantum cosmology

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Il Nuovo Cimento B (1971-1996)

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The requirement that physical states be independent of the choice of configuration or momentum representation is regarded as a necessary condition satisfied by physical states of the Universe. This condition is used to rule out unphysical ones from the mathematically general solutions of quantum Hamiltonian constraint equations for the vacuum and non-vacuum closed Robertson-Walker space-times without cosmological constant.

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  1. Y. Z. Zhang

    Present address: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 2735, 100080, Beijing, PRC

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  1. Department of Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, PRC

    H. G. Ding

  2. Institute of High Energy Physics, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 918, 100039, Beijing, PRC

    C. G. Huang

  3. Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong

    C. G. Huang

  4. Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, PRC

    Y. Y. Liu

  5. Center of Theoretical Physics, CCAST (World Laboratory), 100080, Beijing, PRC

    Y. Z. Zhang

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Ding, H.G., Huang, C.G., Liu, Y.Y. et al. Representation transformation in quantum cosmology. Nuovo Cimento B 110, 811–821 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02820149

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