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Quantum Gravitational Force Between Polarizable Objects
L. H. Ford, Mark P. Hertzberg, J. Karouby
Since general relativity is a consistent low energy effective field theory, it is possible to compute quantum corrections to classical forces. Here we compute a quantum correction…
Oscillatory Attractors: A New Cosmological Phase
Jasdeep S. Bains, Mark P. Hertzberg, Frank Wilczek
In expanding FRW spacetimes, it is usually the case that homogeneous scalar fields redshift and their amplitudes approach limiting values: Hubble friction usually ensures that the…
Black holes and the multiverse
Jaume Garriga, Alexander Vilenkin, Jun Zhang
Vacuum bubbles may nucleate and expand during the inflationary epoch in the early universe. After inflation ends, the bubbles quickly dissipate their kinetic energy; they come to r…
formalism from superpotential and holography
Jaume Garriga, Yuko Urakawa, Filippo Vernizzi
We consider the superpotential formalism to describe the evolution of scalar fields during inflation, generalizing it to include the case with non-canonical kinetic terms. We provi…
Can Compactifications Solve the Cosmological Constant Problem?
Mark P. Hertzberg, Ali Masoumi
Recently, there have been claims in the literature that the cosmological constant problem can be dynamically solved by specific compactifications of gravity from higher-dimensional…
Probability Distributions for Quantum Stress Tensors Measured in a Finite Time Interval
Christopher J. Fewster, L. H. Ford
A meaningful probability distribution for measurements of a quantum stress tensor operator can only be obtained if the operator is averaged in time or in spacetime. This averaging…