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A quantum inequality for the quantized electromagnetic field is developed for observers in static curved spacetimes. The quantum inequality derived is a generalized expression given by a mode function expansion of the four-vector potential,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Michael J. Pfenning

We define the notion of mutual quantum measurements of two macroscopic objects and investigate the effect of these measurements on the velocities of the objects. We show that multiple mutual quantum measurements can lead to an effective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-23 Walter Hahn , Boris V. Fine

The developments of special relativity and quantum mechanics marked the beginning of the modern physics age. The former has taught us that while space and time are frame dependent notions, there is a quantity -- the space-time interval --…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 Matheus Fritsch Savi , Renato Moreira Angelo

We conjecture the following entropy bound to be valid in all space-times admitted by Einstein's equation: Let A be the area of any two-dimensional surface. Let L be a hypersurface generated by surface-orthogonal null geodesics with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Raphael Bousso

We present quantization of particle dynamics on one-sheet hyperboloid embedded in three dimensional Minkowski space. Taking account of all global symmetries enables unique quantization. Making use of topology of canonical variables not only…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Wlodzimierz Piechocki

One of the sources of incompatibility between general relativity and quantum mechanics is perturbative non-renormalizability of quantum gravity in $3+1$ spacetime dimensions. Here, we show that in the presence of disorder induced by random…

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We study an internal structure of (2+1)-dimensional black hole with the neutral scalar matter in the spherically symmetric geometry by using a quantum theory of gravity which holds in the both vicinities of the singularity and the apparent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ichiro Oda

In three spacetime dimensions, general relativity drastically simplifies, becoming a ``topological'' theory with no propagating local degrees of freedom. Nevertheless, many of the difficult conceptual problems of quantizing gravity are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 S. Carlip

After a review of the existing theory of non-inertial frames and mathematical observers in Minkowski space-time we give the explicit expression of a family of such frames obtained from the inertial ones by means of point-dependent Lorentz…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-20 Horace W. Crater , Luca Lusanna

A scalar field in (2+1) dimensional Minkowski space-time is considered. Postulating noncommutative spatial coordinates, one is able to determine the (UV finite) vacuum expectation value of the quantum field energy momentum tensor.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Nicolini

Quantum inequalities bound the extent to which weighted time averages of the renormalized energy density of a quantum field can be negative. They have mostly been proved in flat spacetime, but we need curved-spacetime inequalities to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 Eleni-Alexandra Kontou , Ken D. Olum

In this study, we investigate a pair of detectors operating in Minkowski space-time and analyze the characteristics of various quantum resources within this framework. Specifically, we focus on examining the properties of Bell nonlocality,…

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We emphasize that a specific aspect of quantum gravity is the absence of a super-selection rule that prevents a linear superposition of different gravitational charges. As an immediate consequence, we obtain a tiny, but observable,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Z. Adunas , E. Rodriguez-Milla , D. V. Ahluwalia

We argue that discreteness at the Planck scale (naturally expected to arise from quantum gravity) might manifest in the form of minute violations of energy-momentum conservation of the matter degrees of freedom when described in terms of…

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We give a closed expression for the Minkowski (1+1)-dimensional metric in the radar coordinates of an arbitrary non-inertial observer O in terms of O's proper acceleration. Knowledge of the metric allows the non-inertial observer to perform…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Minguzzi

Quantum energy inequalities (QEIs) are lower bounds on the averaged energy density of a quantum field. They have been proved for various field theories in general curved spacetimes but the explicit lower bound is not easily calculated in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-09 Christopher J. Fewster , Jacob Thompson

We argue that localized excitations in Minkowski space must be thought of as constrained states of holographic degrees of freedom. The Minkowski "vacuum" is in fact a density matrix of infinite entropy. The argument assumes that Minkowski…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-04 T. Banks

We show that quantum gravity yields exponentially growing gravitational waves. Without a mechanism to stop these modes from growing, the universe would go through a gravitational collapse. For Minkowski background, we propose a solution by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-26 Iberê Kuntz , Roldão da Rocha

We investigate quantum characteristics around Schwarzschild black hole, exploring various quantum resources and their interplay in curved space-time. Our analysis reveals intriguing behaviors of quantum coherence, global and genuine…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Asad Ali , Saif Al-Kuwari , Mehedad Ghominejad , M. T. Rahim , Dong Wang , Saeed Haddadi