Loss of quantum coherence through scattering off virtual black holes
arXiv:hep-th/9705147 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.56.6403
Abstract
In quantum gravity, fields may lose quantum coherence by scattering off vacuum fluctuations in which virtual black hole pairs appear and disappear. Although it is not possible to properly compute the scattering off such fluctuations, we argue that one can get useful qualitative results, which provide a guide to the possible effects of such scattering, by considering a quantum field on the metric, which has the same topology as a virtual black hole pair. We study a scalar field on the Lorentzian metric background, with the scalar field in the analytically-continued Euclidean vacuum state. We find that there are a finite number of particles at infinity in this state, contrary to recent claims made by Yi. Thus, this state is not determined by data at infinity, and there is loss of quantum coherence in this semi-classical calculation.
29 pages, Latex, 4 figures
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