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Unitarity Condition on Quantum Fields in Semiclassical Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

The condition for the unitarity of a quantum field is investigated in semiclassical gravity from the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. It is found that the quantum field preserves unitarity asymptotically in the Lorentzian universe, but does not preserve unitarity completely in the Euclidean universe. In particular we obtain a very simple matter field equation in the basis of the generalized invariant of the matter field Hamiltonian whose asymptotic solution is found explicitly.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9511037,
  title  = {Unitarity Condition on Quantum Fields in Semiclassical Gravity},
  author = {Sang Pyo Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9511037},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages of Latex file, Revtex