The refractive index of curved spacetime: The fate of causality in QED

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.11.034zbMath1219.81251arXiv0707.2303OpenAlexW2077500391MaRDI QIDQ952263

Timothy J. Hollowood, Graham M. Shore

Publication date: 12 November 2008

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2303

zbMATH Keywords

causalityquantum electrodynamicscurved spacePenrose limitKramers-Kronig dispersion relation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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