DIMENSION EMERGENCE, HOLOGRAPHY AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (21) ◽  
pp. 3679-3696
Author(s):  
YU-LEI FENG ◽  
LI-XIN XU ◽  
YU-TING WANG
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Quantum System ◽  
Alternative Interpretation ◽  
Reduction Mechanism ◽  
Dimensional Theory ◽  
Shift Vector ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Holography Principle

In this paper, we try to give an alternative interpretation of the holography principle. We argue that the space or time may be regarded as emerging from quantum mechanics as an evolutive parameter. The lower D-dimensional theory is related to a corresponding (D+1)-theory by a mysterious quantum system. Then from the higher-dimensional theory, under a new dimension reduction mechanism we obtain the corresponding results. We also try to incorporate the gauge field into the reduction, roughly identifying Aμ with Nμ which is the shift vector in the ADM-like decomposition of space–time metric. In the end, we extend to the gravitational field, and obtain a relation [Formula: see text] with a cutoff factor κ, from a different view.

scholarly journals From the black hole conundrum to the structure of quantum gravity

2021 ◽  
pp. 2130007
Author(s):  
Yasunori Nomura
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Quantum System ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Black Hole Physics ◽  
Interior Volume

We portray the structure of quantum gravity emerging from recent progress in understanding the quantum mechanics of an evaporating black hole. Quantum gravity admits two different descriptions, based on Euclidean gravitational path integral and a unitarily evolving holographic quantum system, which appear to present vastly different pictures under the existence of a black hole. Nevertheless, these two descriptions are physically equivalent. Various issues of black hole physics — including the existence of the interior, unitarity of the evolution, the puzzle of too large interior volume, and the ensemble nature seen in certain calculations — are addressed very differently in the two descriptions, still leading to the same physical conclusions. The perspective of quantum gravity developed here is expected to have broader implications beyond black hole physics, especially for the cosmology of the eternally inflating multiverse.

scholarly journals Quantum gravity, shadow states and quantum mechanics

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1031-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhay Ashtekar ◽  
Stephen Fairhurst ◽  
Joshua L Willis
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Gravity

scholarly journals Interesting Examples of Violation of the Classical Equivalence Principle but Not of the Weak One

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Antonio Accioly ◽  
Wallace Herdy
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Equivalence Principle ◽  
Free Fall ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Quantum Particles ◽  
Bohr Atom

The equivalence principle (EP) and Schiff’s conjecture are discussed en passant, and the connection between the EP and quantum mechanics is then briefly analyzed. Two semiclassical violations of the classical equivalence principle (CEP) but not of the weak one (WEP), i.e., Greenberger gravitational Bohr atom and the tree-level scattering of different quantum particles by an external weak higher-order gravitational field, are thoroughly investigated afterwards. Next, two quantum examples of systems that agree with the WEP but not with the CEP, namely, COW experiment and free fall in a constant gravitational field of a massive object described by its wave-function Ψ, are discussed in detail. Keeping in mind that, among the four examples focused on in this work only COW experiment is based on an experimental test, some important details related to it are presented as well.

scholarly journals WKB FORMALISM AND A LOWER LIMIT FOR THE ENERGY EIGENSTATES OF BOUND STATES FOR SOME POTENTIALS

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (35) ◽  
pp. 2675-2687 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS F. BARRAGÁN-GIL ◽  
ABEL CAMACHO
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Lower Bound ◽  
Harmonic Oscillator ◽  
Approximation Method ◽  
Bound States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Homogeneous Gravitational Field ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Ground Energy

In this work the conditions appearing in the so-called WKB approximation formalism of quantum mechanics are analyzed. It is shown that, in general, a careful definition of an approximation method requires the introduction of two length parameters, one of them always considered in the textbooks on quantum mechanics, whereas the other is usually neglected. Afterwards we define a particular family of potentials and prove, resorting to the aforementioned length parameters, that we may find an energy which is a lower bound to the ground energy of the system. The idea is applied to the case of a harmonic oscillator and also to a particle freely falling in a homogeneous gravitational field, and in both cases the consistency of our method is corroborated. This approach, together with the so-called Rayleigh–Ritz formalism, allows us to define an energy interval in which the ground energy of any potential, belonging to our family, must lie.

Red shift of photon frequency in the gravitational field

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Tong Wang ◽  
Jiangdi Fan ◽  
Aaron X. Kan
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Schrodinger Equation ◽  
Red Shift ◽  
Relativity Theory ◽  
Gravitational Redshift ◽  
General Relativity Theory ◽  
Photon Frequency

It has been well known that there is a redshift of photon frequency due to the gravitational potential. Scott et al. [Can. J. Phys. 44 (1966) 1639, https://doi.org/10.1139/p66-137 ] pointed out that general relativity theory predicts the gravitational redshift. However, using the quantum mechanics theory related to the photon Hamiltonian and photon Schrodinger equation, we calculate the redshift due to the gravitational potential. The result is exactly the same as that from the general relativity theory.

“Prehistoric” Quantum Gravity

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-70
Author(s):  
Dean Rickles
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Philosophical Nature

In this chapter we examine the very earliest work on the problem of quantum gravity (understood very liberally). We show that, even before the concept of the quantization of the gravitational field in 1929, there was a fairly lively investigation of the relationships between gravity and quantum stretching as far back as 1916, and certainly no suggestion that such a theory would not be forthcoming. Indeed, there are, rather, many suggestions explicitly advocating that an integration of quantum theory and general relativity (or gravitation, at least) is essential for future physics, in order to construct a satisfactory foundation. We also see how this belief was guided by a diverse family of underlying agendas and constraints, often of a highly philosophical nature.

scholarly journals Effects of entanglement on vortex dynamics in the hydrodynamic representation of quantum mechanics

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (06) ◽  
pp. 2050030
Author(s):  
Satoya Imai
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Variational Principle ◽  
Quantum System ◽  
Quantum Entanglement ◽  
Vortex Dynamics ◽  
Ritz Method ◽  
Hamiltonian Formalism ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Nodal Points ◽  
As If

The hydrodynamic representation of quantum mechanics describes virtual flow as if a quantum system were fluid in motion. This formulation illustrates pointlike vortices when the phase of a wavefunction becomes nonintegrable at nodal points. We study the dynamics of such pointlike vortices in the hydrodynamic representation for a two-particle wavefunction. In particular, we discuss how quantum entanglement influences vortex–vortex dynamics. For this purpose, we employ the time-dependent quantum variational principle combined with the Rayleigh–Ritz method. We analyze the vortex dynamics and establish connections with Dirac’s generalized Hamiltonian formalism.

scholarly journals Delayed-choice Measurement and Temporal Nonlocality

2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 202-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilki Kim ◽  
Günter Mahler
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum System ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Bell Inequality ◽  
Network Dynamics ◽  
Consistent Histories ◽  
Discrete Parameter ◽  
Delayed Choice ◽  
Composite Quantum System ◽  
Non Locality

AbstractWe study for a composite quantum system with a quantum Turing architecture the temporal non-locality of quantum mechanics by using the temporal Bell inequality, which will be derived for a discretized network dynamics by identifying the subsystem indices with (discrete) parameter time. However, the direct “observation” of the quantum system will lead to no violation of the temporal Bell inequality and to consistent histories of any subsystem. Its violation can be demonstrated, though, for a delayedchoice measurement

scholarly journals Dimensional Enhancement via Supersymmetry

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Faux ◽  
K. M. Iga ◽  
G. D. Landweber
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Representation Theory ◽  
Gauge Invariance ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Field Theories ◽  
Consistency Test ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Supersymmetric Field Theories ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Supersymmetric Models

We explain how the representation theory associated with supersymmetry in diverse dimensions is encoded within the representation theory of supersymmetry in one time-like dimension. This is enabled by algebraic criteria, derived, exhibited, and utilized in this paper, which indicate which subset of one-dimensional supersymmetric models describes “shadows” of higher-dimensional models. This formalism delineates that minority of one-dimensional supersymmetric models which can “enhance” to accommodate extra dimensions. As a consistency test, we use our formalism to reproduce well-known conclusions about supersymmetric field theories using one-dimensional reasoning exclusively. And we introduce the notion of “phantoms” which usefully accommodate higher-dimensional gauge invariance in the context of shadow multiplets in supersymmetric quantum mechanics.

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