38 research outputs found
Quantum Gravitational Corrections to the Nonrelativistic Scattering Potential of Two Masses
We treat general relativity as an effective field theory, obtaining the full
nonanalytic component of the scattering matrix potential to one-loop order. The
lowest order vertex rules for the resulting effective field theory are
presented and the one-loop diagrams which yield the leading nonrelativistic
post-Newtonian and quantum corrections to the gravitational scattering
amplitude to second order in G are calculated in detail. The Fourier
transformed amplitudes yield a nonrelativistic potential and our result is
discussed in relation to previous calculations. The definition of a potential
is discussed as well and we show how the ambiguity of the potential under
coordinate changes is resolved.Comment: 27 pages, 17 figure
CPT Violation and the Standard Model
Spontaneous CPT breaking arising in string theory has been suggested as a
possible observable experimental signature in neutral-meson systems. We provide
a theoretical framework for the treatment of low-energy effects of spontaneous
CPT violation and the attendant partial Lorentz breaking. The analysis is
within the context of conventional relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum
field theory in four dimensions. We use the framework to develop a
CPT-violating extension to the minimal standard model that could serve as a
basis for establishing quantitative CPT bounds.Comment: accepted in Phys. Rev. D; scheduled for June 199