https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12720-x
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Quantum cosmology in teleparallel gravity with a boundary term
Department of Physics, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, 53714-161, Tabriz, Iran
Received:
16
February
2024
Accepted:
22
March
2024
Published online:
24
April
2024
We quantize a homogeneous and isotropic universe for two models of modified teleparallel gravity: one wherein an arbitrary function of the boundary term, namely B, is present in the action, and in the other model, a scalar field that is non-minimally coupled to both the torsion and boundary term. In this regard, we study exact solutions of both the classical and quantum frameworks by utilizing the corresponding Wheeler–DeWitt (WDW) equations of the models. To correspond to the comprehensive classical and quantum levels, in the second model, we propose an appropriate initial condition for the wave packets and observe that they closely adhere to the classical trajectories and reach their peak. We quantify this correspondence using the de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics. According to this proposal, the classical and Bohmian trajectories coincide when the quantum potential vanishes along the Bohmian paths. Furthermore, we apply the de-parameterization technique to our model in the realm of the problem of time in quantum cosmological models based on the WDW equation, utilizing the global internal time denoted as 
, which represents a scalar field.
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