Averaged-null-energy condition for electromagnetism in Minkowski spacetime

Journal Article · Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.2726· OSTI ID:7275525

Folacci, A ^[1]

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1. Universite de Corse, Faculte des Sciences, Boite Postale 52, 20250 Corti (France)

We show, on four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, that {l angle}{psi}{vert bar}{ital T}{sub {mu}{nu}}{vert bar}{psi}{r angle}, the renormalized expectation value in a general quantum state {vert bar}{psi}{r angle} of the stress-energy tensor for electromagnetism, satisfies the averaged-null-energy condition, i.e., that {integral}{ital d}{lambda}{l angle}{psi}{vert bar}{ital T}{sub {mu}{nu}}{vert bar}{psi}{r angle}{ital t}{sup {mu}}{ital t{nu}}{ge}0 where this integral is along complete null geodesics with an affine parameter {lambda} and tangent vector {ital t}{sup {mu}}.

• OSTI ID: 7275525
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 46:6; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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SCALAR FIELDS
SPACE-TIME
VECTOR FIELDS
WAVE EQUATIONS
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