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This paper describes the effects of a complex scalar scaling field on quantum mechanics. The field origin is an extension of the gauge freedom for basis choice in gauge theories to the underlying scalar field. The extension is based on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-27 Paul Benioff

We study a system of two pointlike particles coupled to three dimensional Einstein gravity. The reduced phase space can be considered as a deformed version of the phase space of two special-relativistic point particles in the centre of mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-28 Jorma Louko , Hans-Juergen Matschull

We discuss the analogy between a classical scalar field with a self-interacting potential, in a curved spacetime described by a quasi--bounded state, and a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate. In this context, we compare the Klein-Gordon…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-26 Elías Castellanos , Celia Escamilla-Rivera , Alfredo Macías , Darío Núñez

It is shown that nearly-flat 3+1D spacetime emerging from a dual quantum field theory in 2+1D displays quantum fluctuations from classical Euclidean geometry on macroscopic scales. A covariant holographic mapping is assumed, where plane…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-10-28 Craig J. Hogan

We study how quantum field theory models are modified under the reparametrizations of the space-time coordinates and some simultaneous transformations of the field function. The transformations that turn the action of the massive field in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-14 V. V. Belokurov , E. T. Shavgulidze

We consider the classical stochastic fluctuations of spacetime geometry induced by quantum fluctuations of massless non-conformal matter fields in the Early Universe. To this end, we supplement the stress-energy tensor of these fields with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 E. Calzetta , A. Campos , E. Verdaguer

Constrained symplectic quantization is a functional formulation of quantum field theory in which quantum fluctuations are sampled through a deterministic Hamiltonian flow in an auxiliary intrinsic time $\tau$. In this paper we extend the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-27 Francesco Scardino , Martina Giachello , Giacomo Gradenigo

We study a first-order formulation for the coupled evolution of a quantum scalar field and a classical Friedmann universe. The model is defined by a state dependent hamiltonian constraint and the time dependent Schr\"odinger equation for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-20 Viqar Husain , Suprit Singh

We use the brick wall model to calculate the free energy of quantum scalar field in a curved spacetime (D +1) dimensions. We find the thermodynamics properties of quantum scalar field in several scenaries: Minkowski spacetime, Schwarzschild…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-04 W. A. Rojas C. , J. R. Arenas S

While the use of numerical general relativity for modeling astrophysical phenomena and compact objects is commonplace, the application to cosmological scenarios is only just beginning. Here, we examine the expansion of a spacetime using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-27 John T. Giblin , James B. Mertens , Glenn D. Starkman

Quantum computers are a promising candidate to radically expand computational science through increased computing power and more effective algorithms. In particular quantum computing could have a tremendous impact in the field of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-20 Charles D. Kocher , Michael McGuigan

We consider the grand canonical thermodynamics of a noninteracting scalar field in a static spacetime. We take the nonrelativistic limit of thermodynamic quantities in a way that leaves the curved structure of the background geometry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-24 Levent Akant , Birses Debir , İ. Çağrı İşeri

We investigate the conditions under which cosmological variations in physical `constants' and scalar fields are detectable on the surface of local gravitationally-bound systems, such as planets, in non-spherically symmetric background…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 Douglas J. Shaw , John D. Barrow

We consider theories containing scalar fields interacting with vector or with tensor degrees of freedom, equipped with symmetries that prevent the propagation of linearized scalar excitations around solutions of the equations of motion. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-14 Gianmassimo Tasinato

Simulating the nature of quantum fields in diverse spacetime backgrounds offers valuable insights for the fundamental comprehension of quantum mechanics and general relativity. Here we introduce a novel method for mapping the massless Dirac…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-04 Zhilong Liu , Run-Qiu Yang , Heng Fan , Jieci Wang

We explore dynamics of cosmological models with bounce solutions evolving on a spatially flat Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker background. We consider cosmological models that contain the Hilbert-Einstein curvature term, the induced…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-08 Ekaterina O. Pozdeeva , Maria A. Skugoreva , Alexey V. Toporensky , Sergey Yu. Vernov

We study the massless minimally coupled scalar field on a two--dimensional de Sitter space-time in the setting of axiomatic quantum field theory. We construct the invariant Wightman distribution obtained as the renormalized zero--mass limit…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Marco Bertola , Francesco Corbetta , Ugo Moschella

The scalar particle production from vacuum in the presence of electric field, on the de Sitter spacetime is studied. We use perturbation methods to define the transition amplitude. We obtain that the momentum is not conserved in this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-08-29 Băloi Mihaela-Andreea

Cosmological solutions of the Brans-Dicke theory are investigated by including a quantum effect coming from 1-loop correction of matter fields that couple to the scalar field. As the most serious result we face a cosmological ``constant''…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Yasunori Fujii

In the present work, we analyze the evolution of the scalar and tensorial perturbations and the quantities relevant for the physical description of the Universe, as the density contrast of the scalar perturbations and the gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-01 R. C. Freitas , S. V. B. Gonçalves