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arxiv: 1101.5059 · v2 · pith:VAXTSFEZnew · submitted 2011-01-26 · 🌀 gr-qc · astro-ph.HE· hep-th

Time transients in the quantum corrected Newtonian potential induced by a massless nonminimally coupled scalar field

classification 🌀 gr-qc astro-ph.HEhep-th
keywords inducedtimecalculatecoupledfieldformalismmasslessnewtonian
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We calculate the one loop graviton vacuum polarization induced by a massless, nonminimally coupled scalar field on Minkowski background. We make use of the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, which allows us to study time dependent phenomena. As an application we compute the leading quantum correction to the Newtonian potential of a point particle. The novel aspect of the calculation is the use of the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, within which we calculate the time transients induced by switching on of the graviton-scalar coupling.

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