Statistical Gravity Through Affine Quantization
I propose a possible way to introduce the effect of temperature (defined through the virial theorem) into Einstein’s theory of general relativity. This requires the computation of a path integral on a ten-dimensional flat space in a four-dimensional spacetime lattice. Standard path integral Monte Carlo methods can be used to compute this.
Authors
- Riccardo Fantoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5950-8648)
Institutions
- University of Trieste (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quantum Reports
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/quantum6040042
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35