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From a covariant Hamiltonian formulation, using symplectic ideas, we obtain covariant quasilocal energy-momentum boundary expressions for general gravity theories. The expressions depend upon which variables are fixed on the boundary, a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Chiang-Mei Chen , James M. Nester , Roh Suan Tung

In this paper, we investigate the Hamiltonian formulation of a spherically symmetric spacetime that corresponds to the interior of a Schwarzschild black hole. The resulting phase space involves two independent dynamical variables along with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-16 Morteza Bajand , Babak Vakili

A boundary undergoing relativistic motion can create particles from quantum vacuum fluctuations in a phenomenon known as the dynamical Casimir effect. We examine the creation of particles, and more generally the transformation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Maximilian P. E. Lock , Ivette Fuentes

Spacetime is composed of a fluctuating arrangement of bubbles or loops called spacetime foam, or quantum foam. We use the holographic principle to deduce its structure, and show that the result is consistent with gedanken experiments…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-01 Y. Jack Ng

We successfully reproduced the derivation of Efimov energy levels in three-dimensional space. In subsequent discussions, we extended this derivation to Schwarzschild spacetime. By combining the Schr\"odinger equation in curved spacetime, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-09 Yixuan Feng

Approximate gravitational potentials are often used to describe analytically the motion of particles near black holes (BHs), as well as to study the structure of an accretion disk. Such 'pseudo-Newtonian' potentials are used with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-15 Nikolay I. Shakura , Galina V. Lipunova

It is believed that in the near future, gravitational wave detections will become a promising tool not only to test gravity theories, but also to probe extremely curved spacetime regions in our universe, such as the surroundings of black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-15 Che-Yu Chen , Pisin Chen

In this paper, using Hamilton-Jacobi method, we address the tunnelling of fermions in a 4-dimensional Schwarzschild spacetime. Base on the generalized uncertainty principle, we introduce the influence of quantum gravity. After solving the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-14 Deyou Chen , Houwen Wu , Haitang Yang

On the analogy of the Casimir effect, we present an effect of quantum-field fluctuations, attributed to gravitational field coupling to the zero-point energy of virtual particles in the vacuum. In the process of black hole's formation, such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 She-Sheng Xue

A detailed investigation is presented of the energy-momentum tensor approach to the evaluation of the force acting on a rigid Casimir cavity in a weak gravitational field. Such a force turns out to have opposite direction with respect to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Giuseppe Bimonte , Enrico Calloni , Luciano Di Fiore , Giampiero Esposito , Leopoldo Milano , Luigi Rosa

In this work, we explore a Schwarzschild-like black hole within the framework of metric--affine bumblebee gravity. First, we investigate the behavior of the Kretschmann scalar and singularities in this modified gravity approach. Next, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-09 N. Heidari , Caio F. B. Macedo , A. A. Araújo Filho , H. Hassanabadi

In this work, we present the new technique for discussing the dynamical motion of neutral as well as charged particles in the absence/presence of magnetic field around the time conformal Schwarzschild black hole. Initially, we find the…

General Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Abdul Jawad , Farhad Ali , M. Umair Shahzad , G. Abbas

At energies much less than the electron mass $m$ the effects of quantum fluctuations in the vacuum due to virtual electron loops can be included by extending the Maxwell Lagrangian by additional non-renormalizable terms corresponding to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Xinwei Kong , Finn Ravndal

We have proposed a program for determining the reference for the quasi-local energy defined in the covariant Hamiltonian formalism. Our program has been tested by applying it to the spherically symmetric spacetimes. With respect to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Chiang-Mei Chen , Jian-Liang Liu , James M. Nester , Ming-Fan Wu

We present the gravitational action and Hamiltonian for a spatially bounded region of an eternal black hole. The Hamiltonian is of the general form $H=H_{+} - H_{-}$, where $H_{+}$ and $H_{-}$ are respectively the Hamiltonians for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Valeri Frolov , Erik A. Martinez

We calculate, in a class of Gauge invariant functionals, by variational methods, the difference of vacuum energy between two different backgrounds: Schwarzschild and Flat Space. We perform this evaluation in an Hamiltonian formulation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-02-03 Remo Garattini

We present the Hamiltonian, quasilocal energy, and angular momentum for a spacetime region spatially bounded by two timelike surfaces. The results are applied to the particular case of a spacetime representing an eternal black hole. It is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Valeri Frolov , Erik A. Martinez

A modified version of the Schwarzschild geometry is proposed. The source of curvature comes from an anisotropic fluid with $p_{r} = -\rho$ and fluctuating tangential pressures. The event horizon has zero surface gravity but the invariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-10 Hristu Culetu

We show that a semi-classical polymerization of the interior of Schwarzschild black holes gives rise to a tantalizing candidate for a non-singular, single horizon black hole spacetime. The exterior has non-zero quantum stress energy but…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-06 A. Peltola , G. Kunstatter

Increasing attention has been recently devoted to the study of Kantowski-Sachs spacetime as a way to explore the interior of a Schwarzschild black hole. In this work, we construct a Hamiltonian formulation for polar perturbations of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-24 Guillermo A. Mena Marugán , Andrés Mínguez-Sánchez