AVERAGED-NULL-ENERGY CONDITION FOR ELECTROMAGNETISM IN MINKOWSKI SPACETIME

被引:21
作者
FOLACCI, A
机构
[1] Université de Corse, Faculté des Sciences, 20250 Corti
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1992年 / 46卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.46.2726
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We show, on four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, that [psi/T(mu-nu)/psi], the renormalized expectation value in a general quantum state [psi] of the stress-energy tensor for electromagnetism, satisfies the averaged-null-energy condition, i.e., that integral d-lambda[psi/T(mu-nu/psi]t(mu)t(nu) greater-than-or-equal-to 0 where this integral is along complete null geodesics with an affine parameter lambda and tangent vector t(mu).
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页码:2726 / 2729
页数:4
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