Does the Universe have its own mass?
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12599v1
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 22:01:32 GMT
- Title: Does the Universe have its own mass?
- Authors: Natalia Gorobey, Alexander Lukyanenko, and A. V. Goltsev
- Abstract summary: The mass of the universe is a distribution of non-zero values of gravitational constraints.
A formulation of the Euclidean quantum theory of gravity is also proposed to determine the initial state.
Being unrelated to ordinary matter, the distribution of its own mass affects the geometry of space.
- Score: 62.997667081978825
- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Abstract: Within the framework of the previously proposed formulation of the quantum
theory of gravity in terms of world histories, it was suggested that the
universe has its own mass. This quantity is analogous to the mass of a particle
in relativistic mechanics. The mass of the universe is a distribution of
non-zero values of gravitational constraints, which arises and changes in time
as a consequence of the initial conditions for fundamental dynamic variables. A
formulation of the Euclidean quantum theory of gravity is also proposed to
determine the initial state, which can be the source of the universe's own
mass. Being unrelated to ordinary matter, the distribution of its own mass
affects the geometry of space and forms a dedicated frame of reference. The
existence of selected reference systems is taken into account by the
corresponding modification of the system of quantum gravitational links. A
variant of such a modification of the Wheeler-De Witt equation is the operator
representation of gravitational constraints, which, together with the state of
the universe, determines the parameters of the reference system in the form of
a distribution of the spinor field on a spatial section.
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