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Title: | Scattering of quantum particles by gravitational plane waves |
Author: | Garriga Torres, Jaume Verdaguer Oms, Enric, 1950- |
Keywords: | Teoria quàntica de camps Ones gravitacionals Dispersió (Física nuclear) Partícules (Física nuclear) Quantum field theory Gravitational waves Scattering (Physics) Particles (Nuclear physics) |
Issue Date: | 1991 |
Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
Abstract: | We consider the coupling of quantum massless and massive scalar particles with exact gravitational plane waves. The cross section for scattering of the quantum particles by the waves is shown to coincide with the classical cross section for scattering of geodesics. The expectation value of the scalar field stress tensor between scattering states diverges at the points where classical test particles focus after colliding with the wave. This indicates that back-reaction effects cannot be ignored for plane waves propagating in the presence of quantum particles and that classical singularities are likely to develop. |
Note: | Reproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.43.391 |
It is part of: | Physical Review D, 1991, vol. 43, núm. 2, p. 391-401 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/12408 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.43.391 |
ISSN: | 0556-2821 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Física de la Matèria Condensada) |
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