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The Smeared Null Energy Condition

Year: 2018

Type: article

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.

Source: Journal of High Energy Physics

DOI: 10.1007/jhep12(2018)067

Authors: Ben Freivogel, Dimitrios Krommydas

Institutions: Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3102720072

FWCI: 1.587

Cites: 62

Cited by: 30

Related to: 10