Quantum-Gravitational Null Raychaudhuri Equation
arXiv:2312.17214 · doi:10.1007/JHEP07(2024)214
Abstract
We consider a congruence of null geodesics in the presence of a quantized spacetime metric. The coupling to a quantum metric induces fluctuations in the congruence; we calculate the change in the area of a pencil of geodesics induced by such fluctuations. For the gravitational field in its vacuum state, we find that quantum gravity contributes a correction to the null Raychaudhuri equation which is of the same sign as the classical terms. We thus derive a quantum-gravitational focusing theorem valid for linearized quantum gravity.
arXiv comment15 pages, 1 figure, v2. published version in JHEP
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