Quantum cosmology and the age of the universe

In this article I study how the problem of time of canonical approaches to quantum gravity affects the simple minisuperspace models used in quantum cosmology. I follow some authors who have argued that this issue makes the quantization of general relativity problematic to conclude that the same appl...

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Author: Mozota Frauca, Álvaro|||0000-0002-7715-0563
Format: article
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/438889
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/438889
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2948/1/012008
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Time -- Philosophy
Quantum gravity -- Mathematical models
Quantum cosmology -- Research
Temps -- Filosofia
Gravetat quàntica -- Models matemàtics
Cosmologia quàntica -- Investigació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Astronomia i astrofísica::Cosmologia i cosmogonia
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Mecànica quàntica
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Summary:In this article I study how the problem of time of canonical approaches to quantum gravity affects the simple minisuperspace models used in quantum cosmology. I follow some authors who have argued that this issue makes the quantization of general relativity problematic to conclude that the same applies in the case of quantum cosmology. In particular, I argue that temporal structures are lost in quantization and that this is a problem, as they encode part of the empirical content of classical cosmology, such as the age of the universe.