Does gravity render probability quasilocal?

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Authors: Oem Trivedi
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Abstract

We propose that probability in quantum theory, like energy in general relativity, acquires a fundamentally quasilocal character in curved spacetime. Interpreting Hermiticity as the symmetry associated with inner-product conservation, we show that gravitational boundaries and horizons convert global probability conservation into a flux balance law. The resulting quasilocal probability naturally induces effective non-Hermiticity for restricted observers while preserving global unitarity. We demonstrate this explicitly in Schwarzschild, Kerr and FLRW spacetimes and after this, we identify observational imprints in black hole ringdowns. Our results suggest that in quantum field theory on curved backgrounds, probability conservation is as geometrically conditioned as energy itself.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization Theoretical and Computational Physics Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods

Publication details

Journal / source
Physics of the Dark Universe
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
52
Pages
102303–102303
Publication date
3 April 2026
Language
EN