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| Author(s): |
Carlip, S.
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Mosna, R. A.
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Pitelli, J. P. M.
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PHYSICAL REVIEW D; v. 102, n. 12, p. 5-pg., 2020-12-11. |
| Abstract | |
Quantum fluctuations of the vacuum stress-energy tensor are highly non-Gaussian, and can have unexpectedly large effects on spacetime geometry. In this paper, we study a two-dimensional dilaton gravity model coupled to a conformal field, in which the distribution of vacuum fluctuations is well understood. In this model, the fluctuations of the matter field are responsible for the fluctuations of the geometry itself. By analyzing the geodesic deviation in this model, we show that a pencil of massive particles propagating on this fuzzy spacetime eventually converges and collapses. This is consistent with our earlier analysis of null geodesics in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 021303 (2011)]. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/09357-9 - Physics and geometry of spacetime |
| Grantee: | Alberto Vazquez Saa |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/07057-6 - Applications of the theory of self-adjoint extensions in Quantum Gravity |
| Grantee: | João Paulo Pitelli Manoel |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |