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Quantum scalar field propagator in a stochastic gravitational plane wave

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-12-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A stochastic metric can appear in classical as well as in quantum gravity. We show that if the linearized stochastic Gaussian gravitational plane wave has the frequency spectrum ω4γ1\omega^{4\gamma-1} (0γ<10\leq \gamma<1) then the equal-time propagator of the scalar field behaves as p11γp^{-\frac{1}{1-\gamma}}for large momenta. We discuss models of quantum field theory where such anomalous behaviour can appear.

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@article{arxiv.2209.07398,
  title  = {Quantum scalar field propagator in a stochastic gravitational plane wave},
  author = {Z. Haba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.07398},
  year   = {2022}
}

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14 pages,substantially revised version