Semiclassical world is one of infinite many cloneworlds in common spacetime
We consider $N$ clones of the quantized world, interacting with each other via quantum gravity, coupled by the downscaled Newton constant $G/N$. In the limit $N\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\infty}$, we obtain the semiclassical Einstein equation for every single cloneworld. In the nonrelativistic limit, De Filippo had already obtained the semiclassical Schr"odinger-Newton equation; we present an alternative elementary proof. In the general-relativistic case, we complete the semifinished derivation of Hartle and Horowitz. We compare our simple correlated cloneworlds with Stamp's more complicated proposal of correlated worldlines and show why the two constructions differ despite the conceptual similarity.
Authors
- Lajos Diósi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-3220)
Institutions
- Eötvös Loránd University (HU)
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.104065
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal