# Hamiltonian formalism in Friedmann cosmology and its quantization

## TL;DR

This paper develops a Hamiltonian formalism for generalized Friedmann cosmology with variable parameters, simplifying the equations to a mechanical system that can be quantized, offering a new perspective beyond traditional quantum cosmology methods.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel Hamiltonian approach for cosmological models with variable equation of state and cosmological constant, enabling straightforward quantization.

## Key findings

- Friedmann equations derived as equations of motion of a mechanical system
- The formalism simplifies to a constant mass particle in an effective potential
- Quantization of the Hamiltonian differs from Wheeler-DeWitt approach

## Abstract

We propose a Hamiltonian formalism for a generalized Friedmann-Roberson-Walker cosmology model in the presence of both a variable equation of state (EOS) parameter $w(a)$ and a variable cosmological constant $\Lambda(a)$, where $a$ is the scale factor. This Hamiltonian system containing 1 degree of freedom and without constraint, gives Friedmann equations as the equation of motion, which describes a mechanical system with a variable mass object moving in a potential field. After an appropriate transformation of the scale factor, this system can be further simplified to an object with constant mass moving in an effective potential field. In this framework, the $\Lambda$ cold dark matter model as the current standard model of cosmology corresponds to a harmonic oscillator. We further generalize this formalism to take into account the bulk viscosity and other cases. The Hamiltonian can be quantized straightforwardly, but this is different from the approach of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in quantum cosmology.