Induced quantum metric fluctuations and the validity of semiclassical gravity

Details Induced quantum metric fluctuations and the validity of semiclassical gravity Induced quantum metric fluctuations and the validity of semiclassical gravity

2004-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0402029v1

Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 044002

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

28 pages, REVTeX4, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.70.044002

We propose a criterion for the validity of semiclassical gravity (SCG) which is based on the stability of the solutions of SCG with respect to quantum metric fluctuations. We pay special attention to the two-point quantum correlation functions for the metric perturbations, which contain both intrinsic and induced fluctuations. These fluctuations can be described by the Einstein-Langevin equation obtained in the framework of stochastic gravity. Specifically, the Einstein-Langevin equation yields stochastic correlation functions for the metric perturbations which agree, to leading order in the large $N$ limit, with the quantum correlation functions of the theory of gravity interacting with $N$ matter fields. The homogeneous solutions of the Einstein-Langevin equation are equivalent to the solutions of the perturbed semiclassical equation, which describe the evolution of the expectation value of the quantum metric perturbations. The information on the intrinsic fluctuations, which are connected to the initial fluctuations of the metric perturbations, can also be retrieved entirely from the homogeneous solutions. However, the induced metric fluctuations proportional to the noise kernel can only be obtained from the Einstein-Langevin equation (the inhomogeneous term). These equations exhibit runaway solutions with exponential instabilities. A detailed discussion about different methods to deal with these instabilities is given. We illustrate our criterion by showing explicitly that flat space is stable and a description based on SCG is a valid approximation in that case.

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