Reparametrization-Invariant Path Integral in GR and "Big Bang" of Quantum Universe

TL;DR

This paper develops a reparametrization-invariant path integral formulation for general relativity, exploring the quantum origins of the Big Bang and matter creation through geometric transformations and initial condition choices.

Contribution

It introduces a novel reparametrization-invariant generating functional in GR and links geometric transformations to quantum cosmological phenomena.

Findings

Invariant functional covers GR as a constrained system.

Big Bang and matter creation modeled via geometric transformations.

Initial conditions reproduce evolution stages of the universe.

Abstract

The reparametrization-invariant generating functional for the unitary and causal perturbation theory in general relativity in a finite space-time is obtained. The region of validity of the Faddeev-Popov-DeWitt functional is studied. It is shown that the invariant content of general relativity as a constrained system can be covered by two "equivalent" unconstrained systems: the "dynamic" (with "dynamic" evolution parameter as the metric scale factor) and "geometric" (given by the Levi-Civita type canonical transformation to the action-angle variables where the energy constraint converts into a new momentum). "Big Bang", the Hubble evolution, and creation of matter fields by the "geometric" vacuum are described by the inverted Levi-Civita (LC) transformation of the geomeric system into the dynamic one. The particular case of the LC transformations are the Bogoliubov ones of the particle variables (diagonalizing the dynamic Hamiltonian) to the quasiparticles (diagonalizing the equations of motion). The choice of initial conditions for the "Big Bang" in the form of the Bogoliubov (squeezed) vacuum reproduces all stages of the evolution of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe in their conformal (Hoyle-Narlikar) versions.