Quantum probing of null-singularities
Abstract
We adapt the dual-null foliation to the functional Schr\"odinger representation of quantum field theory and study the behavior of quantum probes in plane-wave space-times near the null-singularity. A comparison between the Einstein-Rosen and the Brinkmann patch, where the latter extends beyond the first, shows a seeming tension that can be resolved by comparing the configuration spaces. Our analysis concludes that Einstein-Rosen space-times support exclusively configurations with non-empty gravitational memory that are focussed to a set of measure zero in the focal plane with respect to a Brinkmann observer. To conclude, we provide a rough framework to estimate the qualitative influence of back-reactions on these results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2105.01071,
title = {Quantum probing of null-singularities},
author = {Ivo Sachs and Marc Schneider and Maximilian Urban},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.01071},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
12 pages, 3 figures, journal version, typos corrected