PROBING FOAMY SPACE–TIME WITH VARIATIONAL METHODS

DOI10.1142/S0217751X9900141XzbMath0960.83015arXivgr-qc/9805096OpenAlexW2167949891MaRDI QIDQ4949018

Remo Garattini

Publication date: 27 April 2000

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9805096

zbMATH Keywords

Schwarzschild backgroundCasimir energyquasilocal energyfoamlike scenario

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified, higher-dimensional and super field theories (83E99) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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