2025
Geodesics in quantum gravity
KOCH, Benjamin; Ali RIAHINIA and Ángel Erasmo RINCÓN RIVEROBasic information
Original name
Geodesics in quantum gravity
Authors
KOCH, Benjamin; Ali RIAHINIA and Ángel Erasmo RINCÓN RIVERO
Edition
Physical Review D, 2025, 2470-0010
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
10308 Astronomy
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 5.300 in 2024
Organization unit
Institute of physics in Opava
UT WoS
001616050700006
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-105021116862
Keywords in English
effective field theory;generla relativity;newtonian dynamics;energy;invariance
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 22/1/2026 12:35, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková
Abstract
In the original language
We investigate the motion of test particles in quantum-gravitational backgrounds by introducing the concept of q-desics, quantum-corrected analogs of classical geodesics. Unlike standard approaches that rely solely on the expectation value of the spacetime metric, our formulation is based on the expectation value of quantum operators, such as the affine connection operator. This allows us to capture richer geometric information. We derive the q-desic equation using both Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods and apply it to spherically symmetric static backgrounds obtained from canonical quantum gravity. Exemplary results include lightlike radial motion and circular motion with quantum gravitational corrections far above the Planck scale. This framework provides a refined description of motion in quantum spacetimes and opens new directions for probing the interface between quantum gravity and classical general relativity.