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Possible Constraints on the Duration of Inflationary Expansion from Quantum Stress Tensor Fluctuations
Chun-Hsien Wu, Kin-Wang Ng, L. H. Ford
We discuss the effect of quantum stress tensor fluctuations in deSitter spacetime upon the expansion of a congruence of timelike geodesics. We treat a model in which the expansion…
Frequency Spectra and Probability Distributions for Quantum Fluctuations
L. H. Ford
This paper discusses two distinct, but related issues in quantum fluctuation effects. The first is the frequency spectrum which can be assigned to one loop quantum processes. The f…
Contributions of Vacuum and Plasmon Modes to the Force on a Small Sphere near a Plate
L. H. Ford
The force on a small sphere with a plasma model dielectric function and in the presence of a perfectly reflecting plane is considered. The contribution of both the vacuum modes of…
Spectral Line Broadening and Angular Blurring due to Spacetime Geometry Fluctuations
R. T. Thompson, L. H. Ford
We treat two possible phenomenological effects of quantum fluctuations of spacetime geometry: spectral line broadening and angular blurring of the image of a distance source. A geo…