Gravitational vacuum polarization
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The energy conditions of classical Einstein gravity fail once quantum effects are introduced. These quantum violations of the energy conditions are not subtle high-energy Planck scale effects. Rather the quantum violations of the energy conditions already occur in semiclassical quantum gravity and are first-order O(\hbar) effects. Quantum violations of the energy conditions are widespread, albeit small.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9710034,
title = {Gravitational vacuum polarization},
author = {Matt Visser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9710034},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Three pages, uses mprocl.sty To appear in the proceedings of the Eighth Marcel Grossmann Conference on General Relativity. (Jerusalem, Israel, June 1997) [Minor typo fixed in references.]