Fakeons and microcausality: light cones, gravitational waves and the Hubble constant

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AB78D2MaRDI QIDQ5161977zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Marino, Damiano Anselmi

Publication date 1 November 2021

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.12873

zbMATH Keywords

causalityquantum gravitygravitational waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: The concept of fake particle, or "fakeon", allows us to make sense of quantum gravity as an ultraviolet complete theory, by renouncing causality at very small distances. We investigate whether the violation of microcausality can be amplified or detected in the most common settings. We show that it is actually short range for all practical purposes. Due to our experimental limitations, the violation does not propagate along the light cones or by means of gravitational waves. In some cases, the universe even conspires to make the effect disappear. For example, the positivity of the Hubble constant appears to be responsible for the direction of time in the early universe.

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