Effects of non-locality in gravity and quantum theory

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-82910-0MaRDI QIDQ3383378zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jens Boos

Publication date 23 September 2021

Published in Springer Theses (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.10856

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: Spacetime---the union of space and time---is both the actor and the stage during physical processes in our fascinating Universe. In Lorentz invariant local theories, the existence of a maximum signalling speed (the "speed of light") determines a notion of causality in spacetime, distinguishing the past from the future, and the cause from the effect. This thesis is dedicated to the study of emph{deviations} from locality. Focussing on a particular class of emph{non-local} theories that is both Lorentz invariant and free of ghosts, we aim to understand the effects of such non-local physics in both gravity and quantum theory. Non-local ghost-free theories are accompanied by a parameter $ell$ of dimension length that parametrizes the scale of non-locality, and for that reason we strive to express all effects of non-locality in terms of this symbol. In the limiting case of $ell=0$ one recovers the local theory, and the effects of non-locality vanish. In order to address these questions we develop the notion of non-local Green functions [...]. The results presented in this thesis establish several effects of a Lorentz invariant, ghost-free non-locality in the areas of both gravitational and quantum physics. (Full abstract in document.)

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