Time Gauge Fixing and Hilbert Space in Quantum String Cosmology

Recently the low-energy effective string theory has been used by Gasperini and Veneziano to elaborate a very interesting scenario for the early history of the universe (birth of the universe as quantum scattering). Here we investigate the gauge fixing and the problem of the definition of a global time parameter for the quantum form of the model, and obtain the positive norm Hilbert space of states.     

Finding the Hamiltonian for Cosmological Models in Fourth-Order Gravity Theories Without Resorting to the Ostrogradski or Dirac Formalism

The Hamilton formalism of cosmological models in fourth-order theories of gravity is considered. An approach to constructing the Hamilton function is presented which starts by replacing the second order derivatives of configuration space coordinates by functions depending on these coordinates, its first order derivatives, and additional variables playing the role of configuration space coordinates. This formalism, which does not resort to the Ostrogradski or Dirac formalism, is elucidated and applied to examples. For a special class of Lagrange functions, it is demonstrated that the canonical coordinates of the considered formalism and of the Ostrogradski formalism are related via a canonical transformation. The canonical transformation is a transformation of the configuration space coordinates and a transformation of momentum components induced by the transformation of the configuration space coordinates for a special element of the class of Lagrange functions mentioned. The Wheeler-DeWitt equations belonging to this Lagrange function are related via minisuperspace coordinate transformations.     

Newtonian Cosmology in Lagrangian Formulation: Foundations and Perturbation Theory

The Newtonian theory of spatially unbounded, self-gravitating, pressureless continua in Lagrangian form is reconsidered. Following a review of the pertinent kinematics, we present alternative formulations of the Lagrangian evolution equations and establish conditions for the equivalence of the Lagrangian and Eulerian representations. We then distinguish open models based on Euclidean space R³ from closed models based (without loss of generality) on a flat torus T³. Using a simple averaging method we show that the spatially averaged variables of an inhomogeneous toroidal model form a spatially homogeneous background model and that the averages of open models, if they exist at all, in general do not obey the dynamical laws of homogeneous models. We then specialize to those inhomogeneous toroidal models whose (unique) backgrounds have a Hubble flow, and derive Lagrangian evolution equations which govern the (conformally rescaled) displacement of the inhomogeneous flow with respect to its homogeneous background. Finally, we set up an iteration scheme and prove that the resulting equations have unique solutions at any order for given initial data, while for open models there exist infinitely many different solutions for given data.     

The Wave Function of the Universe in New Variables

In this paper we evaluate the wave function of the universe using the usual Euclidean path integral technique as proposed by Halliwell and Louko for Ashtekar's new variables. Also we consider the new regularization technique developed by Ishikawa and Ueda for evaluation of the path integral. The wave function by solving the Wheeler-DeWitt equation is also presented.     

Creation of Closed or Open Universe from Constrained Instanton

In the no-boundary universe the universe is created from an instanton. However, no instanton exists for the realistic FRW universe with a scalar field. The instanton leading to its quantum creation may be modified and reinterpreted as a constrained gravitational instanton.     

Formulation of Hamiltonian Equations for Fractional Variational Problems

An extension of Riewes fractional Hamiltonian formulation is presented for fractional constrained systems. The conditions of consistency of the set of constraints with equations of motion are investigated. Three examples of fractional constrained systems are analyzed in details.On leave of absence from Institute of Space Sciences, P.O.BOX MG-23, R 76900, Magurele–Bucharest, Romania     

LETTER: Pair Creation of Schwarzschild-anti-de Sitter Black Holes

For a spherically symmetric vacuum model with anegative cosmological constant, a complex constrainedinstanton is considered as the seed for the quantum paircreation of Schwarzschild-anti-de Sitter black holes. The relative creation probability isfound to be the exponential of the negative of the blackhole entropy. The black hole entropy is known to be onequarter of the black hole horizon area. In the absence of a general noboundary proposal foropen creation, the constrained instanton approach isused in treating both the open and closed pair creationsof black holes.     

A Class of Quasi-linear Equations in Coframe Gravity

We have shown recently that the gravity fieldphenomena can be described by a traceless part of thewave-type field equation. This is an essentiallynon-Einsteinian gravity model. It has an exactsphericallysymmetric static solution, that yields to theYilmaz-Rosen metric. This metric is very close to theSchwarzchild metric. The wave-type field equation cannotbe derived from a suitable variational principle by free variations, as was shown by Hehl and hiscollaborators. In the present work we are looking foranother field equation having the same exactspherically-symmetric static solution. Thedifferential-geometric structure on the manifold endowed with a smoothorthonormal coframe field is described by the scalarobjects of anholonomity and its exterior derivative. Weconstruct a list of the first and second order SO(1,3)-covariants (one- and two-indexedquantities) and a quasi-linear field equation with freeparameters. We fix a part of the parameters by acondition that the field equation is satisfied by aquasi-conformal coframe with a harmonic conformal function .Thus we obtain a wide class of field equations with asolution that yields the Majumdar-P apapetrou metricand, in particular, the Yilmaz-Rosen metric, that is viable in the framework of three classicaltests.     

Hamiltonian Formulation of Singular Lagrangians on Time Scales

The Hamiltonian formulation of Lagrangian on time scale is investigated and the equivalence of Hamilton and Euler-Lagrange equations is obtained. The role of Lagrange multipliers is discussed.     

Hamiltonian System of New Nonlinear Lattice Equations

A 3-dimensional Lie algebra sμ（3） is obtained with the help of the known Lie algebra. Based on the sμ（3）, a new discrete 3 × 3 matrix spectral problem with three potentials is constructed. In virtue of discrete zero curvature equations, a new matrix Lax representation for the hierarchy of the discrete lattice soliton equations is acquired. It is shown that the hierarchy possesses a Hamiltonian operator and a hereditary recursion operator, which implies that there exist infinitely many common commuting symmetries and infinitely many common commuting conserved functionals.     

Cosmology and Description of Local Space-Time Properties by Einstein's Equations

We consider a theory in which the global and local space-time properties are described by different laws. One consequence of such a theory is that the only time-dependent cosmological models are such that their homogeneous and isotropic three-spaces are closed. In the framework of this theory the local space-time properties are approximately described bei Einstein's equations, but with Einstein's gravitational coupling number now being a function of the matter density filling the universe.     

A Hamiltonian Formulation of Water Waves with Constant Vorticity

We show that the governing equations for two-dimensional water waves with constant vorticity can be formulated as a canonical Hamiltonian system, in which one of the canonical variables is the surface elevation. This generalizes the well-known formulation due to Zakharov [32] in the irrotational case.      

FLRW Cosmology with Horava-Lifshitz Gravity: Impacts of Equations of State

Inspired by Lifshitz theory for quantum critical phenomena in condensed matter, Horava proposed a theory for quantum gravity with an anisotropic scaling in ultraviolet. In Horava-Lifshitz gravity (HLG), we have studied the impacts of six types of equations of state on the evolution of various cosmological parameters such as Hubble parameters and scale factor. From the comparison of the general relativity gravity with the HLG with detailed and without with non-detailed balance conditions, remarkable differences are found. Also, a noticeable dependence of singular and non-singular Big Bang on the equations of state is observed. We conclude that HLG explains various epochs in the early universe and might be able to reproduce the entire cosmic history with and without singular Big Bang.     

Hyperbolic Octonion Formulation of Gravitational Field Equations

In this paper, the Maxwell-Proca type field equations of linear gravity are formulated in terms of hyperbolic octonions (split octonions). A hyperbolic octonionic gravitational wave equation with massive gravitons and gravitomagnetic monopoles is proposed. The real gravitoelectromagnetic field equations are recovered and written in compact form from an octonionic potential. In the absence of charges, this reduces to the Klein-Gordon equation of motion for the massive graviton. The analogy between massive gravitational theory and electromagnetism is shown in terms of the present formulation.     

A New Formulation of the Equations of Dynamics

In a recent paper [1] the author introduced a new method for handling differentials and extrema in the presence of constraints, in which the constraints were represented by a projection matrix. For extrema this method can be used instead of Lagrange multipliers. Here the same idea is applied to the equations of motion in mechanics, leading to a new formulation in both Cartesian and generalized coordinates, equivalent to Lagrange's equations and applicable with both holonomic and nonholonomic constraints. The present formulation provides an alternative to a recent approach of Kalaba, Udwadia, and Xu [2,3], which too is based on linear algebra, and to Appell's classical method for the nonholonomic case     

The Principle of Covariance and the Hamiltonian Formulation of General Relativity

The implications of the general covariance principle for the establishment of a Hamiltonian variational formulation of classical General Relativity are addressed. The analysis is performed in the framework of the Einstein-Hilbert variational theory. Preliminarily, customary Lagrangian variational principles are reviewed, pointing out the existence of a novel variational formulation in which the class of variations remains unconstrained. As a second step, the conditions of validity of the non-manifestly covariant ADM variational theory are questioned. The main result concerns the proof of its intrinsic non-Hamiltonian character and the failure of this approach in providing a symplectic structure of space-time. In contrast, it is demonstrated that a solution reconciling the physical requirements of covariance and manifest covariance of variational theory with the existence of a classical Hamiltonian structure for the gravitational field can be reached in the framework of synchronous variational principles. Both path-integral and volume-integral realizations of the Hamilton variational principle are explicitly determined and the corresponding physical interpretations are pointed out.     

Letter: An Exact Solution for the Fluctuations of an FRW Cosmology with n Scalar Fields, for an Arbitrary Potential

In this work we rigorously study the fluctuations in FRW models coupled with n neutral scalar fields, minimally coupled to the gravitational field. We find the exact solutions and the asymptotic behavior for the fluctuation around the critical point of the background for an arbitrary potential.     

Diffusion of Power in Randomly Perturbed Hamiltonian Partial Differential Equations

We study the evolution of the energy (mode-power) distribution for a class of randomly perturbed Hamiltonian partial differential equations and derive master equations for the dynamics of the expected power in the discrete modes. In the case where the unperturbed dynamics has only discrete frequencies (finitely or infinitely many) the mode-power distribution is governed by an equation of discrete diffusion type for times of order (^–2). Here denotes the size of the random perturbation. If the unperturbed system has discrete and continuous spectrum the mode-power distribution is governed by an equation of discrete diffusion-damping type for times of order (^–2). The methods involve an extension of the authors work on deterministic periodic and almost periodic perturbations, and yield new results which complement results of others, derived by probabilistic methods.Acknowledgement We would like to thank G. C. Papanicolaou, J.L. Lebowitz and S.E. Golowich for helpful discussions concerning this work. E.K. was supported in part by the ASCI Flash Center at the University of Chicago. M.I.W. was supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.