Black holes, quantum chaos, and the Riemann hypothesis

Panos Betzios, Nava Gaddam, Olga Papadoulaki

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Abstract

Quantum gravity is expected to gauge all global symmetries of effective theories, in the ultraviolet. Inspired by this expectation, we explore the consequences of gauging CPT as a quantum boundary condition in phase space. We find that it provides for a natural semiclassical regularisation and discretisation of the continuous spectrum of a quantum Hamiltonian related to the Dilation operator. We observe that the said spectrum is in correspondence with the zeros of the Riemann zeta and Dirichlet beta functions. Following ideas of Berry and Keating, this may help the pursuit of the Riemann hypothesis. It strengthens the proposal that this quantum Hamiltonian captures the dynamics of the scattering matrix of a Schwarzschild black hole, given the rich chaotic spectrum upon discretisation. It also explains why the spectrum appears to be erratic despite the unitarity of the scattering matrix.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherarXiv
Number of pages11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2020

Bibliographical note

11 pages

Keywords

  • hep-th
  • math-ph
  • math.MP
  • nlin.CD

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