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Probabilistic time and the quantum gravity interpretation

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We analyze the perturbed minisuperspace models of quantum gravity through the analogy with the time-independent Schrödinger equation. We show that a time variable defined in a previous work, the “probabilistic time,” is the variable which yields the backreaction Einstein equations.

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  1. Institute de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Mario A. Castagnino & Francisco D. Mazzitelli

  2. Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Mario A. Castagnino & Francisco D. Mazzitelli

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Castagnino, M.A., Mazzitelli, F.D. Probabilistic time and the quantum gravity interpretation. Int J Theor Phys 28, 1043–1049 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00670347

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