The Smeared Null Energy Condition
Abstract We propose a new bound on a weighted average of the null energy along a finite portion of a null geodesic: the Smeared Null Energy Condition (SNEC). We believe our bound is valid on scales small compared to the radius of curvature in any quantum field theory that is consistently coupled to...
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| author | Ben Freivogel Dimitrios Krommydas |
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| description | Abstract We propose a new bound on a weighted average of the null energy along a finite portion of a null geodesic: the Smeared Null Energy Condition (SNEC). We believe our bound is valid on scales small compared to the radius of curvature in any quantum field theory that is consistently coupled to gravity. If correct, our bound implies that regions of negative energy density are never strongly gravitating, and that isolated regions of negative energy are forbidden. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa18d55e62534e0cb37024df90b2aa692022-12-22T03:46:06ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792018-12-0120181212910.1007/JHEP12(2018)067The Smeared Null Energy ConditionBen Freivogel0Dimitrios Krommydas1ITFA and GRAPPA, Universiteit van AmsterdamITFA and GRAPPA, Universiteit van AmsterdamAbstract We propose a new bound on a weighted average of the null energy along a finite portion of a null geodesic: the Smeared Null Energy Condition (SNEC). We believe our bound is valid on scales small compared to the radius of curvature in any quantum field theory that is consistently coupled to gravity. If correct, our bound implies that regions of negative energy density are never strongly gravitating, and that isolated regions of negative energy are forbidden.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP12(2018)067Field Theories in Higher DimensionsSpacetime SingularitiesClassical Theories of Gravity |
| spellingShingle | Ben Freivogel Dimitrios Krommydas The Smeared Null Energy Condition Journal of High Energy Physics Field Theories in Higher Dimensions Spacetime Singularities Classical Theories of Gravity |
| title | The Smeared Null Energy Condition |
| title_full | The Smeared Null Energy Condition |
| title_fullStr | The Smeared Null Energy Condition |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Smeared Null Energy Condition |
| title_short | The Smeared Null Energy Condition |
| title_sort | smeared null energy condition |
| topic | Field Theories in Higher Dimensions Spacetime Singularities Classical Theories of Gravity |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP12(2018)067 |
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