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On Contours and Boundary Conditions for the Gravitational Path Integral
On Contours and Boundary Conditions for the Gravitational Path Integral
On Contours and Boundary Conditions for the Gravitational Path Integral

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202104811
ISBN  
9798297662650
DDC  
530.1
저자명  
Liu, Xiaoyi.
서명/저자  
On Contours and Boundary Conditions for the Gravitational Path Integral
발행사항  
[Sl] : University of California, Santa Barbara, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
386 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-04, Section: B.
주기사항  
Advisor: Marolf, Donald.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약The gravitational path integral has been a useful tool in studying quantum gravity. This thesis is devoted to studying certain aspects of the gravitational path integral, discussing the choices of contours of integration and boundary conditions for the gravitational path integral, in both Euclidean and Lorentzian signatures.In Part I, we discuss the choice of contours of integration for the gravitational path integral. The Euclidean gravitational action is unbounded from below, which means we cannot take the contour of the Euclidean path integral to all real Euclidean geometries. We propose a Wick-rotation contour prescription for the Euclidean gravitational path integral, and test this prescription by computing the stability of black hole saddles and comparing it with standard thermodynamic stability. We also study contours for Lorentzian gravitational path integral, where the original contour of integration is taken to be over all real Lorentzian geometries. We use Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity as an example, and explicitly demonstrate that it is possible to deform the original contour to pass through complex saddles that reproduce the correct Renyi entropy of JT gravity. In addition, we consider more complicated wormhole geometries in Euclidean anti-de Sitter spacetimes, which resemble the wormholes that are important in ensuring the black hole Hilbert space dimension is finite. We discuss their genericity with large Euclidean sources at the conformal infinity and compute the stability of these Euclidean wormholes.In Part II, we discuss the choice of boundary conditions for the gravitational path integral. We propose a one-parameter family of boundary conditions for Euclidean gravity that yields a well-posed elliptic system, and study Euclidean stability of various saddles with such boundary conditions. These boundary conditions can be used to define a generalized thermal canonical ensemble. They are then applied in Lorentzian signature to study real-time evolution in a spherical cavity. By analyzing the quasi-normal modes of empty flat space, we demonstrate that the same boundary conditions fail to define a well-posed initial-boundary value problem in Lorentzian signature.
일반주제명  
Theoretical physics
일반주제명  
Physics
일반주제명  
Quantum physics
키워드  
General Relativity
키워드  
Gravitational path integral
키워드  
Quantum gravity
키워드  
Euclidean path integral
키워드  
Lorentzian signatures
기타저자  
University of California, Santa Barbara Physics
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-04B.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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■500    ▼aSource:  Dissertations  Abstracts  International,  Volume:  87-04,  Section:  B.
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■5021  ▼aThesis  (Ph.D.)--University  of  California,  Santa  Barbara,  2025.
■520    ▼aThe  gravitational  path  integral  has  been  a  useful  tool  in  studying  quantum  gravity.  This  thesis  is  devoted  to  studying  certain  aspects  of  the  gravitational  path  integral,  discussing  the  choices  of  contours  of  integration  and  boundary  conditions  for  the  gravitational  path  integral,  in  both  Euclidean  and  Lorentzian  signatures.In  Part  I,  we  discuss  the  choice  of  contours  of  integration  for  the  gravitational  path  integral.  The  Euclidean  gravitational  action  is  unbounded  from  below,  which  means  we  cannot  take  the  contour  of  the  Euclidean  path  integral  to  all  real  Euclidean  geometries.  We  propose  a  Wick-rotation  contour  prescription  for  the  Euclidean  gravitational  path  integral,  and  test  this  prescription  by  computing  the  stability  of  black  hole  saddles  and  comparing  it  with  standard  thermodynamic  stability.  We  also  study  contours  for  Lorentzian  gravitational  path  integral,  where  the  original  contour  of  integration  is  taken  to  be  over  all  real  Lorentzian  geometries.  We  use  Jackiw-Teitelboim  (JT)  gravity  as  an  example,  and  explicitly  demonstrate  that  it  is  possible  to  deform  the  original  contour  to  pass  through  complex  saddles  that  reproduce  the  correct  Renyi  entropy  of  JT  gravity.  In  addition,  we  consider  more  complicated  wormhole  geometries  in  Euclidean  anti-de  Sitter  spacetimes,  which  resemble  the  wormholes  that  are  important  in  ensuring  the  black  hole  Hilbert  space  dimension  is  finite.  We  discuss  their  genericity  with  large  Euclidean  sources  at  the  conformal  infinity  and  compute  the  stability  of  these  Euclidean  wormholes.In  Part  II,  we  discuss  the  choice  of  boundary  conditions  for  the  gravitational  path  integral.  We  propose  a  one-parameter  family  of  boundary  conditions  for  Euclidean  gravity  that  yields  a  well-posed  elliptic  system,  and  study  Euclidean  stability  of  various  saddles  with  such  boundary  conditions.  These  boundary  conditions  can  be  used  to  define  a  generalized  thermal  canonical  ensemble.  They  are  then  applied  in  Lorentzian  signature  to  study  real-time  evolution  in  a  spherical  cavity.  By  analyzing  the  quasi-normal  modes  of  empty  flat  space,  we  demonstrate  that  the  same  boundary  conditions  fail  to  define  a  well-posed  initial-boundary  value  problem  in  Lorentzian  signature.
■590    ▼aSchool  code:  0035.
■650  4▼aTheoretical  physics
■650  4▼aPhysics
■650  4▼aQuantum  physics
■653    ▼aGeneral  Relativity
■653    ▼aGravitational  path  integral
■653    ▼aQuantum  gravity
■653    ▼aEuclidean  path  integral
■653    ▼aLorentzian  signatures
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■71020▼aUniversity  of  California,  Santa  Barbara▼bPhysics.
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