Quantum corrected geodesics

Diego A. R. Dalvit and Francisco D. Mazzitelli
Phys. Rev. D 60, 084018 – Published 24 September 1999
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Abstract

We compute the graviton-induced corrections to the trajectory of a classical test particle. We show that the motion of the test particle is governed by an effective action given by the expectation value (with respect to the graviton state) of the classical action. We analyze the quantum corrected equations of motion for the test particle in two particular backgrounds: a Robertson Walker spacetime and a (2+1)-dimensional spacetime with rotational symmetry. In both cases we show that the quantum corrected trajectory is not a geodesic of the background metric.

  • Received 20 April 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.60.084018

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Diego A. R. Dalvit*

  • Theoretical Astrophysics, MS B288, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

Francisco D. Mazzitelli

  • Departamento de Física J. J. Giambiagi, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • *Email address: dalvit@lanl.gov
  • Email address: fmazzi@df.uba.ar

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Vol. 60, Iss. 8 — 15 October 1999

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