https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4268-5
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Dark energy and normalization of the cosmological wave function
1
School of Astronomy and Space Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China
2
State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China
3
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China
* e-mail: huangp46@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Received:
16
March
2016
Accepted:
13
July
2016
Published online:
28
July
2016
Dark energy is investigated from the perspective of quantum cosmology. It is found that, together with an appropriate normal ordering factor q, only when there is dark energy can the cosmological wave function be normalized. This interesting observation may require further attention.
© The Author(s), 2016
