Parametrization dependence of the energy-momentum tensor and the metric
Publication Date
2007
Journal or Book Title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Abstract
We use results by Kirilin to comment that in general relativity the nonleading terms in the energy-momentum tensor of a particle depends on the parameterization of the gravitational field. The classical observables are parameterization independent after a change in coordinates. The quantum effects that emerge within the same calculation of the metric also depend on the parameterization and a full quantum calculation requires the inclusion of further diagrams. However, within a given parameterization the quantum effects calculated by us in a previous paper are well defined. Flaws of Kirilin’s proposed alternate metric definition are described and we explain why the diagrams that we calculated are the appropriate ones.
Pages
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Volume
75
Issue
10
Recommended Citation
Bjerrum-Bohr, NEJ; Donoghue, JF; and Holstein, BR, "Parametrization dependence of the energy-momentum tensor and the metric" (2007). PHYSICAL REVIEW D. 93.
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Comments
Published version is located at http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v75/i10/e108502