Juárez-Aubry, Benito A. orcid.org/0000-0002-7739-4293 (2026) A new class of semiclassical gravity solutions, gravitational quantum stealths and regular Cauchy horizons. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 140349. ISSN: 0370-2693
Abstract
We consider semiclassical gravity with a Klein-Gordon field with mass m 2 ≥ 0 and curvature coupling ξ=1/2. We identify a special class of Hadamard two-point functions for which the semiclassical system reduces to a quasi-linear hyperbolic system and, within this class, provide the first well-posedness result for semiclassical gravity without spacetime symmetries. These two-point functions yield stress-energy expectation values proportional to the spacetime metric (modulo ambiguities). If the proportionality constant vanishes, one has a quantum version of gravitational ‘stealth’ configurations. We discuss that some of these solutions of this reduced semiclassical system have regular Cauchy horizons in the light of strong cosmic censorship.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. Funded by SCOAP |
| Keywords: | Quantum stealths,Regular Cauchy horizons,Semiclassical gravity |
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| Institution: | The University of York |
| Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Mathematics (York) |
| Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/Y014510/1 |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2026 13:00 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2026 10:29 |
| Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140349 |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140349 |
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| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:240017 |
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