Emergent spin and clock variable in Bianchi type-I quantum cosmology (2402.13839v1)
Abstract: We consider the Bianchi type-I model of the universe in the Wheeler-DeWitt quantization scheme with the matter degree of freedom represented by a scalar field. As a consequence, the quantum mechanical equation of the universe is obtained in the minisuperspace consisting of the Misner variables and the scalar field. Employing Dirac factorization, we find that the volume parameter makes a suitable choice for the clock variable whereas the matter clock leads to various inconsistencies. We further find that the minisuperspace orbital angular momentum operator does not commute with the Hamiltonian in the Dirac-type equation. We therefore find the missing part of the angular momentum whereby the total angular momentum commutes with the Hamiltonian. We interpret this missing part as the spin of the quantum universe during its early stage of evolution. The emergence of the three-component spin vector is owing to the presence of anisotropy in the Bianchi type-I model of the universe which is absent in the quantization of isotropic models.
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