caa a22 4500 463196120 CHVBK 20180406164923.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10773-007-9444-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10773-007-9444-9 Zitterbewegung of a Model Universe [Elektronische Daten] [R. Mann, G. Murphy] We investigate the quantum evolution of the metric operators for Bianchi-Type I model universes in the Heisenberg picture in order to remove the need to consider the wave function of the universe and interpret its "spin” variables. The calculation is analogous to that of the Zitterbewegung of the Dirac electron. We consider the behavior of the metric near the classical singularity, and consider the curvature there. Although factor ordering questions preclude the presentation of an unambiguous result for the curvature invariants, it does seem that the classical t −4 divergence of the Kretschmann scalar is not removed by quantization. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Mann R. Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada aut Murphy G. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 44278, Akron, OH, USA aut International Journal of Theoretical Physics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 46/12(2007-12-01), 3254-3262 0020-7748 46:12<3254 2007 46 10773 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-007-9444-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-007-9444-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mann R. Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Murphy G. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 44278, Akron, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Theoretical Physics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 46/12(2007-12-01), 3254-3262 0020-7748 46:12<3254 2007 46 10773 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer