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Probing foamy spacetime with Variational Methods

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A one-loop correction of the quasilocal energy in the Schwarzschild background, with flat space as a reference metric, is performed by means of a variational procedure in the Hamiltonian framework. We examine the graviton sector in momentum space, in the lowest possible state. An application to the black hole pair creation via the Casimir energy is presented. Implications on the foam-like scenario are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9805096,
  title  = {Probing foamy spacetime with Variational Methods},
  author = {Remo Garattini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9805096},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Revtex 3.0, 21 pages, to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. A