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Energy-momentum tensors with worldline numerics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-03 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Quantum Physics

Abstract

We apply the worldline formalism and its numerical Monte-Carlo approach to computations of fluctuation induced energy-momentum tensors. For the case of a fluctuating Dirichlet scalar, we derive explicit worldline expressions for the components of the canonical energy-momentum tensor that are straightforwardly accessible to partly analytical and generally numerical evaluation. We present several simple proof-of-principle examples, demonstrating that efficient numerical evaluation is possible at low cost. Our methods can be applied to an investigation of positive-energy conditions.

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@article{arxiv.1112.0469,
  title  = {Energy-momentum tensors with worldline numerics},
  author = {Marco Schäfer and Idrish Huet and Holger Gies},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.0469},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures, Contribution to QFEXT11