Quantum Inequalities for the Electromagnetic Field
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
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, and the sampling function used to weight the energy integrals is left arbitrary up to the constraints that it be a positive, continuous function of unit area and that it decays at infinity. Examples of the quantum inequality are developed for Minkowski spacetime, Rindler spacetime and the Einstein closed universe.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0107075,
title = {Quantum Inequalities for the Electromagnetic Field},
author = {Michael J. Pfenning},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0107075},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
19 pages, 1 table and 1 figure. RevTex style