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Hamilton-Jacobi equation and the breaking of the WKB approximation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A simple method to deal with four dimensional Hamilton-Jacobi equation for null hypersurfaces is introduced. This method allows to find simple geometrical conditions which give rise to the failure of the WKB approximation on curved spacetimes. The relation between such failure, extreme blackholes and the Cosmic Censor hypothesis is briefly discussed.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0501065,
  title  = {Hamilton-Jacobi equation and the breaking of the WKB approximation},
  author = {Fabrizio Canfora},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0501065},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

11 pages, no figures. Accepted for pubblication on Physics Letters B