Spacetime fluctuations and the spreading of wavepackets

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/22/225010MaRDI QIDQ3651201zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors E. Göklü, A. Camacho, Alfredo Macías, C. Lämmerzahl

Publication date 8 December 2009

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.0034

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: Using a density matrix description in space we study the evolution of wavepackets in a fluctuating space-time background. We assume that space-time fluctuations manifest as classical fluctuations of the metric. From the non-relativistic limit of a non-minimally coupled Klein-Gordon equation we derive a Schr"odinger equation with an additive gaussian random potential. This is transformed into an effective master equation for the density matrix. The solutions of this master equation allow to study the dynamics of wavepackets in a fluctuating space-time, depending on the fluctuation scenario. We show how different scenarios alter the diffusion properties of wavepackets.

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