Spacetime metric and lightcone fluctuations

DOI10.1023/A:1026608132178MaRDI QIDQ1972093zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. H. Ford

Publication date 17 July 2001

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026608132178

zbMATH Keywords

perturbative quantum gravitysuperconducting cosmic strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Review text

A satisfying treatment of active metric fluctuations would require a quantum theory of gravity which is not yet available. Indeed, perturbative quantum gravity is plagued with divergence problems. It is still possible, however, to construct simplified models to reproduce some of the features expected in the more complete theory. Features of this kind are both active and passive metric fluctuations. In the former case, it is possible to have lightcone fluctuations due to a bath of gravitons. Such fluctuations manifest themselves in a variable speed of propagations of photons through the spacetime region containing the gravitons. If spacetime is not Minkowskian, then even in the vacuum state there will be nonzero lightcone fluctuations. The paper under review deals with an examination of the operational definitions of such phenomena as lightcone and horizon phenomena. In the case of passive fluctuations, the problem of describing fluctuations due to a quantum stress tensor is also discussed.

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