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Exact semiclassical evolutions in relativistic and non-relativistic scalar quantum mechanics and quantum cosmology

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The necessary and sufficient conditions for the exactness of the semiclassical approximation for the solution of the Schrodinger and Klein-Gordon equations are obtained, It is shown that the existence of an exact semiclassical solution of the Schrodinger equation determines both the semiclassical wave function and the interaction potential uniquely up to the choice of the boundary conditions. This result also holds for the Klein-Gordon equation. Its implications for the solution of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation for the FRW scalar field minisuperspace models are discussed. In particular, exact semiclassical solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation for the case of massless scalar field and exponential matter potentials are constructed, The existence of exact semiclassical solutions for polynomial matter potentials of the form lambda phi(2p) is also analyzed. It is shown that for p = 1, 2 and 3, right-going semiclassical solutions do not exist, A generalized semiclassical perturbation expansion is also developed which is quite different from the traditional (h) over bar and M-p(-1) expansions. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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Nuclear Physics B

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10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00617-2

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