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G. Oliveira-Neto

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Noncommutative cosmological model in the presence of a phantom fluid

We study noncommutative classical Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological models. The constant curvature of the spatial sections can be positive ($k=1$), negative ($k=-1$) or zero ($k=0$). The matter is represented by a perfect fluid with negative pressure, phantom fluid, which satisfies the equation of state $p =αρ$ , with $α< - 1$, where $p$ is the pressure and $ρ$ is the energy density. We use Schutz's formalism in order to write the perfect fluid Hamiltonian. The noncommutativity is introduced by nontrivial Poisson brackets between few variables of the models. In order to recover a description in terms of commutative variables, we introduce variables transformations that depend on a noncommutative parameter ($γ$). The main motivation for the introduction of the noncommutativity is trying to explain the present accelerated expansion of the universe. We obtain the dynamical equations for these models and solve them. The solutions have four constants: $γ$, a parameter associated with the fluid energy $C$, $k$, $α$ and the initial conditions of the models variables. For each value of $α$, we obtain different equations of motion. Then, we compare the evolution of the universe between the present noncommutative models and the corresponding commutative ones ($γ\to 0$). The results show that $γ$ is very useful for describing an accelerating universe. We estimate the value of $γ$, for the present conditions of the Universe. Then, using that value of $γ$, in one of the noncommutative cosmological models, we compute the amount of time this universe would take to reach the {\it big rip}.

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Noncommutativity in the early Universe

In the present work, we study the noncommutative version of a quantum cosmology model. The model has a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker geometry, the matter content is a radiative perfect fluid and the spatial sections have zero constant curvature. In this model the scale factor takes values in a bounded domain. Therefore, its quantum mechanical version has a discrete energy spectrum. We compute the discrete energy spectrum and the corresponding eigenfunctions. The energies depend on a noncommutative parameter $β$. We compute the scale factor expected value ($\left $) for several values of $β$. For all of them, $\left $ oscillates between maxima and minima values and never vanishes. It gives an initial indication that those models are free from singularities, at the quantum level. We improve this result by showing that if we subtract a quantity proportional to the standard deviation of $a$ from $\left $, this quantity is still positive. The $\left $ behavior, for the present model, is a drastic modification of the $\left $ behavior in the corresponding commutative version of the present model. There, $\left $ grows without limits with the time variable. Therefore, if the present model may represent the early stages of the Universe, the results of the present paper give an indication that $\left $ may have been, initially, bounded due to noncommutativity. We also compute the Bohmian trajectories for $a$, which are in accordance with $\left $, and the quantum potential $Q$. From $Q$, we may understand why that model is free from singularities, at the quantum level.

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Quantum noncomutativity in quantum cosmology

In the present work, we study the noncommutative version of a quantum cosmology model. The model has a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker geometry, the matter content is a radiative perfect fluid and the spatial sections have positive constant curvatures. We work in the Schutz's variational formalism. We quantize the model and obtain the appropriate Wheeler-DeWitt equation. In this model the states are bounded. Therefore, we compute the discrete energy spectrum and the corresponding eigenfunctions. The energies depend on a noncommutative parameter ($θ$). The solutions to the Wheeler-DeWitt equation are function of the scale factor ($a$) and a time variable ($τ$), associated to the fluid. They also depend on an integer ($n$) and $θ$. The most general solution ($Ψ(a,τ)$) to the Wheeler-DeWitt equation is a sum, in the integer $n$, of the solutions mentioned above. We observe that, there is no $Ψ(a,τ)$ satisfying the appropriate boundary conditions. Therefore, we conclude that it is not possible to obtain a wavefunction satisfying the appropriate boundary conditions for the present model with the considered noncommutativity.

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Can noncommutativity affect the whole history of the Universe?

We study a classical, noncommutative (NC), Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological model. The spatial sections may have positive, negative or zero constant curvatures. The matter content is a generic perfect fluid. The initial noncommutativity between some canonical variables is rewritten, such that, we end up with commutative variables and a NC parameter. Initially, we derive the scale factor dynamic equations for the general situation, without specifying the perfect fluid or the curvature of the spatial sections. Next, we consider two concrete situations: a radiation perfect fluid and dust. We study all possible scale factor behaviors, for both cases. We compare them with the corresponding commutative cases and one with the other. We obtain, some cases, where the NC model predicts a scale factor expansion which may describe the present expansion of our Universe. Those cases are not present in the corresponding commutative models. Finally, we compare our model with another NC model, where the noncommutativity is between different canonical variables. We show that, in general, it leads to a scale factor behavior that is different from our model.

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Noncommutative cosmological models coupled to a perfect fluid and a cosmological constant

In this work we carry out a noncommutative analysis of several Friedmann-Robert-Walker models, coupled to different types of perfect fluids and in the presence of a cosmological constant. The classical field equations are modified, by the introduction of a shift operator, in order to introduce noncommutativity in these models. We notice that the noncommutative versions of these models show several relevant differences with respect to the correspondent commutative ones.

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An Early Universe Model with Stiff Matter and a Cosmological Constant

In the present work, we study the quantum cosmology description of a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model in the presence of a stiff matter perfect fluid and a negative cosmological constant. We work in the Schutz's variational formalism and the spatial sections have constant negative curvature. We quantize the model and obtain the appropriate Wheeler-DeWitt equation. In this model the states are bounded therefore we compute the discrete energy spectrum and the corresponding eigenfunctions. In the present work, we consider only the negative eigenvalues and their corresponding eigenfunctions. This choice implies that the energy density of the perfect fluid is negative. A stiff matter perfect fluid with this property produces a model with a bouncing solution, at the classical level, free from an initial singularity. After that, we use the eigenfunctions in order to construct wave packets and evaluate the time-dependent expectation value of the scale factor. We find that it oscillates between maximum and minimum values. Since the expectation value of the scale factor never vanishes, we confirm that this model is free from an initial singularity, also, at the quantum level.

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Canonical transformation for stiff matter models in quantum cosmology

In the present work we consider Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models in the presence of a stiff matter perfect fluid and a cosmological constant. We write the superhamiltonian of these models using the Schutz's variational formalism. We notice that the resulting superhamiltonians have terms that will lead to factor ordering ambiguities when they are written as operators. In order to remove these ambiguities, we introduce appropriate coordinate transformations and prove that these transformations are canonical using the symplectic method.

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The Planck era with a negative cosmological constant and cosmic strings

In the present letter, we consider the DeBroglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models in the presence of a negative cosmological constant and cosmic strings. We compute the Bohm's trajectories and quantum potentials for a quantity related to the scale factor. Then, we compare our results with the ones already in the literature, where the many worlds interpretation of the same models was used.

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A canonical transformation and the tunneling probability for the birth of an asymptotically DeSitter universe with dust

In the present work, we study the quantum cosmology description of closed Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models in the presence of a positive cosmological constant and a generic perfect fluid. We work in the Schutz's variational formalism. If one uses the scale factor and its canonically conjugated momentum as the phase space variables that describe the geometrical sector of these models, one obtains Wheeler-DeWitt equations with operator ordering ambiguities. In order to avoid those ambiguities and simplify the quantum treatment of the models, we introduce new phase space variables. We explicitly demonstrate that the transformation leading from the old set of variables to the new one is canonical. In order to show that the above canonical transformations simplify the quantum treatment of those models, we consider a particular model where the perfect fluid is dust. We solve the Wheeler-DeWitt equation numerically using the Crank-Nicholson scheme and determine the time evolution of the initial wave function. Finally, we compare the results for the present model with the ones for another model where the only difference is the presence of a radiative perfect fluid, instead of dust.

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Qualitative and quantitative features of orbits of massive particles and photons moving in Wyman geometry

The Wyman's solution depends on two parameters, the mass $M$ and the scalar charge $σ$. If one fixes $M$ to a positive value, say $M_0$, and let $σ^2$ take values along the real line it describes three different types of spacetimes. For $σ^2 >0$ the spacetimes are naked singularities, for $σ^2 = 0$ one has the Schwarzschild black hole of mass $M_0$ and finally for $-M_0^2 \leq σ^2 < 0$ one has wormhole spacetimes. In the present work, we shall study qualitative and quantitative features of orbits of massive particles and photons moving in the naked singularity and wormhole spacetimes of the Wyman solution. These orbits are the timelike geodesics for massive particles and null geodesics for photons. Combining the four geodesic equations with an additional equation derived from the line element, we obtain an effective potential for the massive particles and a different effective potential for the photons. We investigate all possible types of orbits, for massive particles and photons, by studying the appropriate effective potential. We notice that for certain values of $σ^2 >0$, there is an infinity potential wall that prevents both massive particles and photons ever to reach the naked singularity. We notice, also, that for certain values of $-M_0^2 \leq σ^2 < 0$, the potential is finite everywhere, which allows massive particles and photons moving from one wormhole asymptotically flat region to the other. We also compute the radial timelike and null geodesics for massive particles and photons, respectively, moving in the naked singularities and wormholes spacetimes.

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Explorando Sistemas Hamiltonianos II: A Natureza de Pontos de Equilibrio Degenerados

Neste segundo artigo sobre sistemas Hamiltonianos, apresentamos o metodo da explosao para a determinacao da natureza de pontos fixos (pontos de equilibrio degenerados. Aplicamos o metodo a dois modelos hamiltonianos com um e dois graus de liberdade, respectivamente. Primeiramente, analisamos um sistema formado por um pendulo simples submetido a um torque externo constante T. Em seguida, consideramos um sistema formado por um pendulo duplo com segmentos de comprimentos e massas iguais, tambem submetidos a torques externos constantes e nao nulos. A presenca de pontos de equilibrio degenerados nos casos dos pendulos simples e duplo ocorre para certos valores dos torques externos. In this second article on Hamiltonian systems, we present the blow-up method for the determination of the nature of degenerate fixed points (equilibrium points). We apply the method to two hamiltonian models with one and two degrees of freedom, respectively. Firstly we study a system formed by a simple pendulum submitted to a constant external torque T. Then we consider a system formed by a double pendulum of segments with equal lengths and masses, also submitted to non-vanishing constant external torques. The presence of degenerate equilibrium points in both cases of simple and double pendulums occurs for some values of the external torques.

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The dynamics of the early universe and the initial conditions for inflation in a model with radiation and a Chaplygin gas

The modeling of the early universe is done through the quantization of a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model with positive curvature. The material content consists of two fluids: radiation and Chaplygin gas. The quantization of these models is made by following the Wheeler and DeWitt's prescriptions. Using the Schutz formalism, the time notion is recovered and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation transforms into a time dependent Schrödinger equation, which rules the dynamics of the early universe, under the action of an effective potential $V_{ef}$. Using a finite differences method and the Crank-Nicholson scheme, in a code implemented in the program OCTAVE, we solve the corresponding time dependent Schrödinger equation and obtain the time evolution of a initial wave packet. This wave packet satisfies appropriate boundary conditions. The calculation of the tunneling probabilities shows that the universe may emerge from the Planck era to an inflationary phase. It also shows that, the tunneling probability is a function of the mean energy of the initial wave packet and of two parameters related to the Chaplygin gas. We also show a comparison between these results and those obtained by the WKB approximation.

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Tunneling probability for the birth of an asymptotically DeSitter universe

In the present work, we quantize a closed Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model in the presence of a positive cosmological constant and radiation. It gives rise to a Wheeler-DeWitt equation for the scale factor which has the form of a Schrödinger equation for a potential with a barrier. We solve it numerically and determine the tunneling probability for the birth of a asymptotically DeSitter, inflationary universe, initially, as a function of the mean energy of the initial wave-function. Then, we verify that the tunneling probability increases with the cosmological constant, for a fixed value of the mean energy of the initial wave-function. Our treatment of the problem is more general than previous ones, based on the WKB approximation. That is the case because we take into account the fact that the scale factor ($a$) cannot be smaller than zero. It means that, one has to introduce an infinity potential wall at $a = 0$, which forces any wave-packet to be zero there. That condition introduces new results, in comparison with previous works.

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Reply to "Comment on 'Quantization of FRW spacetimes in the presence of a cosmological constant and radiation'"

The Comment by Amore {\it et al.} [gr-qc/0611029] contains a valid criticism of the numerical precision of the results reported in a recent paper of ours [Phys. Rev. D {\bf 73}, 044022 (2006)], as well as fresh ideas on how to characterize a quantum cosmological singularity. However, we argue that, contrary to what is suggested in the Comment, the quantum cosmological models we studied show hardly any sign of singular behavior.

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Quantization of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetimes in the presence of a negative cosmological constant and radiation

We quantize three Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models in the presence of a negative cosmological constant and radiation. The models differ from each other by the constant curvature of the spatial sections, which may be positive, negative or zero. They give rise to Wheeler-DeWitt equations for the scale factor which have the form of the Schroedinger equation for the quartic anharmonic oscillator. We find their eigenvalues and eigenfunctions by using a method first developed by Chhajlany and Malnev, and use the eigenfunctions in order to construct wave packets for each case and evaluate the time-dependent expected value of the scale factors. We find for all of them that the expected values of the scale factors oscillate between maximum and minimum values. Since the expectation values of the scale factors never vanish, we conclude that these models do not have singularities.

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The de Broglie-Bohm Interpretation of Evaporating Black-Holes

In this work we apply the de Broglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics to the quantized spherically symmetric black-hole coupled to a massless scalar field. The wave-functional used was first obtained by Tomimatsu using the standard ADM quantization and a gauge that places the observer close to the black-hole horizon. Using the causal interpretation, we compute quantum trajectories determined by the initial conditions. We show that the quantum trajectories for the black-hole mass can either increase or decrease with time. The quantum trajectories that show increasing mass represent the usual black-hole behavior of continuous energy absorption. The mass-decreasing quantum trajectories are a purely quantum mechanical phenomena. They can be physically interpreted as describing a black-hole that evaporates.

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Wyman's solution, self-similarity and critical behaviour

We show that the Wyman's solution may be obtained from the four-dimensional Einstein's equations for a spherically symmetric, minimally coupled, massless scalar field by using the continuous self-similarity of those equations. The Wyman's solution depends on two parameters, the mass $M$ and the scalar charge $Σ$. If one fixes $M$ to a positive value, say $M_0$, and let $Σ^2$ take values along the real line we show that this solution exhibits critical behaviour. For $Σ^2 >0$ the space-times have eternal naked singularities, for $Σ^2 =0$ one has a Schwarzschild black hole of mass $M_0$ and finally for $-M_0^2 \leq Σ^2 < 0$ one has eternal bouncing solutions.

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Formation of Schwarzschild black hole from the scalar field collapse in four-dimensions

We obtain a new self-similar solution to the Einstein's equations in four-dimensions, representing the collapse of a spherically symmetric, minimally coupled, massless, scalar field. Depending on the value of certain parameters, this solution represents the formation of naked singularities and black holes. Since the black holes are identified as the Schwarzschild ones, one may naturally see how these black holes are produced as remnants of the scalar field collapse.

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