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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, gr-qc,High Energy Physics - Theory, hep-th
Abstract:
We discuss the path-integral formulation of quantum cosmology with a massless
scalar field as a sum-over-histories, with particular reference to loop quantum
cosmology. Exploiting the analogy with the relativistic particle, we give a
complete overview of the possible two-point functions, deriving vertex
expansions and composition laws they satisfy. We clarify the tie between
definitions using a group averaging procedure and those in a deparametrised
framework. We draw some conclusions about the physics of a single quantum
universe and multiverse field theories where the role of these sectors and the
inner product are reinterpreted.
