Propagators in the Correlated Worldline Theory of Quantum Gravity

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.14242v2
• Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 05:51:30 GMT
• Title: Propagators in the Correlated Worldline Theory of Quantum Gravity
• Authors: Jordan Wilson-Gerow and P.C.E. Stamp
• Abstract summary: We show that the most natural formulation of CWL theory involves a rescaling of the generating functional for the theory. The matter paths are correlated by gravitation, thereby violating quantum mechanics for large masses. For the example of a two-path experiment, we derive the CWL matter propagator, and show how the results compare with conventional quantum theory and with semiclassical gravity.
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• Abstract: Starting from a formulation of Correlated Worldline (CWL) theory in terms of functional integrals over paths, we define propagators for particles and matter fields in this theory. We show that the most natural formulation of CWL theory involves a rescaling of the generating functional for the theory; correlation functions then simplify, and all loops containing gravitons disappear from perturbative expansions. The spacetime metric obeys the Einstein equation, sourced by all of the interacting CWL paths. The matter paths are correlated by gravitation, thereby violating quantum mechanics for large masses. We derive exact results for the generating functional and the matter propagator, and for linearized weak field theory. For the example of a two-path experiment, we derive the CWL matter propagator, and show how the results compare with conventional quantum theory and with semiclassical gravity. We also exhibit the structure of low-order perturbation theory for the CWL matter propagator.

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