Energy Inequalities in Quantum Field Theory

Christopher J. Fewster

Energy Inequalities in Quantum Field Theory

Mathematics

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Abstract

Quantum fields are known to violate all the pointwise energy conditions of classical general relativity. We review the subject of quantum energy inequalities: lower bounds satisfied by weighted averages of the stress-energy tensor, which may be regarded as the vestiges of the classical energy conditions after quantisation. Contact is also made with thermodynamics and related issues in quantum mechanics, where such inequalities find analogues in sharp Gaarding inequalities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	XIVth International Congress on Mathematical Physics
Editors	Jean-Claude Zambrini
Publisher	World Scientific Publishing
Pages	559-568
ISBN (Print)	981-256-201-X
Publication status	Published - 2005

Bibliographical note

The arXiv version is an extended an updated version of the printed article.

Keywords

Mathematical Physics

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http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0501073

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