1998/09/30 by Remo Garattini, Garattini, Remo
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9809207
4 pages, LaTeX file uses sprocl.sty, Talk given at the sixth International Conference on Path-Integrals from peV to TeV 50 Years from Feynman's Paper, Florence, Italy, 25-29 August 1998, to appear in the Proceedings
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We use variational methods to calculate quasilocal energy quantum corrections. A comparison with the effective potential calculated at quadratic order is made by means of gaussian wave functionals. The method is a particular case of the effective action for composite operators used in quantum field theory. In pure gravity the method is applied for the first time. Implications on the foam-like scenario are discussed.