VACUUM-POLARIZATION EFFECTS IN GLOBAL MONOPOLE SPACE-TIMES

被引:49
作者
MAZZITELLI, FD
LOUSTO, CO
机构
[1] INST ASTRON & FIS ESPACIO,RA-1428 BUENOS AIRES,ARGENTINA
[2] UNIV BUENOS AIRES,FAC CIENCIAS EXACTAS & NAT,DEPT FIS,RA-1428 BUENOS AIRES,ARGENTINA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1991年 / 43卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.43.468
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The gravitational effect produced by a global monopole may be approximated by a solid deficit angle. As a consequence, the energy-momentum tensor of a quantum field will have a nonzero vacuum expectation value. Here we study this "vacuum-polarization effect" around the monopole. We find explicit expressions for both (phi-2)ren and <T-mu-v>ren for a massless scalar field. The back reaction of the quantum field on the monopole metric is also investigated.
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页码:468 / 475
页数:8
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