Stability of semiclassical gravity solutions with respect to quantum metric fluctuations

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 749-766

  Hu, B L ^a   Roura, Albert ^a   Verdaguer, Enric ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Einstein Langevin equation; Quantum metric fluctuations; Semiclassical gravity; Stochastic gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144455269     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: 15729575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJTP.0000048173.09964.d2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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