Stochastic semiclassical gravity

In the first part of this paper, we show that the semiclassical Einstein-Langevin equation, introduced in the framework of a stochastic generalization of semiclassical gravity to describe the back reaction of matter stress-energy fluctuations, can be formally derived from a functional method based o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Martín Menéndez, Rosario, Verdaguer Oms, Enric, 1950-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/12310
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12310
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gravetat quàntica
Quantum gravity
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Sumario:In the first part of this paper, we show that the semiclassical Einstein-Langevin equation, introduced in the framework of a stochastic generalization of semiclassical gravity to describe the back reaction of matter stress-energy fluctuations, can be formally derived from a functional method based on the influence functional of Feynman and Vernon. In the second part, we derive a number of results for background solutions of semiclassical gravity consisting of stationary and conformally stationary spacetimes and scalar fields in thermal equilibrium states. For these cases, fluctuation-dissipation relations are derived. We also show that particle creation is related to the vacuum stress-energy fluctuations and that it is enhanced by the presence of stochastic metric fluctuations.