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| Author(s): |
Torrieri, Giorgio
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Total Authors: 1
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Fis Gleb Wataghin, BR-13083859 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMETRIC METHODS IN MODERN PHYSICS; v. 12, n. 7 AUG 2015. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
We discuss the meaning of the strong equivalence principle when applied to a quantum field theory. We show that, because of unitary inequivalence of accelerated frames, the only way for the strong equivalence principle to apply exactly is to add a boundary term representing the decoherence of degrees of freedom leaving the observable region of the bulk. We formulate the constraints necessary for the partition function to be covariant with respect to non-inertial transformations and argue that, when the non-unitary part is expressed as a functional integral over the horizon, holography arises naturally as a consequence of the equivalence principle. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/13120-7 - Scaling of azimuthal correlations in hadronic collisions across system sizes, energies and rapidities: theory and phenomenology |
| Grantee: | Donato Giorgio Torrieri |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |