513 research outputs found
A note on Weyl transformations in two-dimensional dilaton gravity
We discuss Weyl (conformal) transformations in two-dimensional matterless
dilaton gravity. We argue that both classical and quantum dilaton gravity
theories are invariant under Weyl transformations.Comment: 8 pages, accepted for publication in Mod. Phys. Lett.
Canonical and path integral quantisation of string cosmology models
We discuss the quantisation of a class of string cosmology models that are
characterized by scale factor duality invariance. We compute the amplitudes for
the full set of classically allowed and forbidden transitions by applying the
reduce phase space and the path integral methods. We show that these approaches
are consistent. The path integral calculation clarifies the meaning of the
instanton-like behaviour of the transition amplitudes that has been first
pointed out in previous investigations.Comment: 18 pages,2 eps figures, LaTeX2e, macro files included
(epsf.tex,epsf.sty), macros of Classical and Quantum Gravity used; accepted
for publication on Classical and Quantum Gravit
Recent developments in quantum string cosmology
In this talk we discuss the quantisation of a class of string cosmology
models characterised by scale factor duality invariance. The amplitudes for the
full set of classically allowed and forbidden transitions are computed by
applying the reduced phase space and path integral methods. In particular, the
path integral calculation clarifies the meaning of the instanton-like behaviour
of the transition amplitudes that has been first pointed out in previous
investigations.Comment: 4 pages, one eps figures, uses espcrc2.sty. Talk given at the Third
Conference on Constrained Dynamics and Quantum Gravit
Geometrodynamical Formulation of Two-Dimensional Dilaton Gravity
Two-dimensional matterless dilaton gravity with arbitrary dilatonic potential
can be discussed in a unitary way, both in the Lagrangian and canonical
frameworks, by introducing suitable field redefinitions. The new fields are
directly related to the original spacetime geometry and in the canonical
picture they generalize the well-known geometrodynamical variables used in the
discussion of the Schwarzschild black hole. So the model can be quantized using
the techniques developed for the latter case. The resulting quantum theory
exhibits the Birkhoff theorem at the quantum level.Comment: 15 pages, LATE
Supersymmetry versus black holes at the LHC
Supersymmetry and extra dimensions are the two most promising candidates for
new physics at the TeV scale. Supersymmetric particles or extra-dimensional
effects could soon be observed at the Large Hadron Collider. We propose a
simple but powerful method to discriminate the two models: the analysis of
isolated leptons with high transverse momentum. Black hole events are simulated
with the CATFISH black hole generator. Supersymmetry simulations use a
combination of PYTHIA and ISAJET, the latter providing the mass spectrum. Our
results show the measure of the dilepton invariant mass provides a strong
signature to differentiate supersymmetry and black hole events at the Large
Hadron Collider. Analysis of event-shape variables and multilepton events
complement and strengthen this conclusion.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figure
Time Gauge Fixing and Hilbert Space in Quantum String Cosmology
Recently the low-energy effective string theory has been used by Gasperini
and Veneziano to elaborate a very interesting scenario for the early history of
the universe (``birth of the universe as quantum scattering''). Here we
investigate the gauge fixing and the problem of the definition of a global time
parameter for this model, and we obtain the positive norm Hilbert space of
states.Comment: 13 pages, Plain TEX, no figure
Pre-big bang in M-theory
We discuss a simple cosmological model derived from M-theory. Three
assumptions lead naturally to a pre-big bang scenario: (a) 11-dimensional
supergravity describes the low-energy world; (b) non-gravitational fields live
on a three-dimensional brane; and (c) asymptotically past triviality.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures, LaTeX (requires epsf
Quantum gravity corrections to the Schwarzschild mass
Vacuum spherically symmetric Einstein gravity in dimensions can be
cast in a two-dimensional conformal nonlinear sigma model form by first
integrating on the -dimensional (hyper)sphere and then performing a
canonical transformation. The conformal sigma model is described by two fields
which are related to the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner mass and to the radius of the
-dimensional (hyper)sphere, respectively. By quantizing perturbatively
the theory we estimate the quantum corrections to the ADM mass of a black hole.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures, LaTeX2e, uses epsfig package, accepted for
publication in Phys. Rev.
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