The Static Quantum Multiverse

TL;DR

This paper proposes a quantum mechanical framework for the multiverse, concluding that it must be static and timeless, which aligns with observations of a flowing time despite the multiverse's timeless nature.

Contribution

It introduces a novel quantum framework for the multiverse that predicts a static, timeless multiverse state consistent with quantum principles and observational data.

Findings

Multiverse state must be static and timeless.

Physical predictions follow from zero-eigenvalue solutions.

The framework aligns with quantum mechanics and observations.

Abstract

We consider the multiverse in the intrinsically quantum mechanical framework recently proposed in Refs. [1,2]. By requiring that the principles of quantum mechanics are universally valid and that physical predictions do not depend on the reference frame one chooses to describe the multiverse, we find that the multiverse state must be static---in particular, the multiverse does not have a beginning or end. We argue that, despite its naive appearance, this does not contradict observation, including the fact that we observe that time flows in a definite direction. Selecting the multiverse state is ultimately boiled down to finding normalizable solutions to certain zero-eigenvalue equations, analogous to the case of the hydrogen atom. Unambiguous physical predictions would then follow, according to the rules of quantum mechanics.