Graviton Propagation and Vacuum Polarization in Curved Space

Details Graviton Propagation and Vacuum Polarization in Curved Space Graviton Propagation and Vacuum Polarization in Curved Space

2011-06-23

arxiv.org/abs/1106.4675v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

21 pages, typos corrected

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The effects of vacuum polarization arising from loops of massive scalar particles on graviton propagation in curved space are considered. Physically, they are due to curvature induced tidal forces acting on the cloud of virtual scalar particles surrounding the graviton. The effects are tractable in a WKB and large mass limit and the results can be written as an effective refractive index for the graviton modes with both a real and imaginary part. The imaginary part of the refractive index is a curvature induced contribution to the wavefunction renormalization of the graviton in real affine time and can have the effect of dressing or un-dressing the graviton. The real part of the refractive index increases logarithmically at high frequency as long as the null energy condition is satisfied by the background.

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