Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime: Quantized Fields and GravityCambridge University Press, 20 ago 2009 - 455 páginas This book develops quantum field theory in curved spacetime in a pedagogical style, suitable for graduate students. The authors present detailed, physically motivated, derivations of cosmological and black hole processes in which curved spacetime plays a key role. They explain how such processes in the rapidly expanding early universe leave observable consequences today, and how in the context of evaporating black holes, these processes uncover deep connections between gravitation and elementary particles. The authors also lucidly describe many other aspects of free and interacting quantized fields in curved spacetime. |
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1 Quantum fields in Minkowski spacetime | 1 |
2 Basics of quantum fields in curved spacetimes | 36 |
3 Expectation values quadratic in fields | 93 |
4 Particle creation by black holes | 152 |
5 The oneloop effective action | 184 |
Nongauge theories | 268 |
Gauge theories | 348 |
Quantized Inflaton Perturbations | 422 |
References | 426 |
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Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime: Quantized Fields and Gravity Leonard Parker,David Toms Vista previa restringida - 2009 |
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adiabatic order amplitude anticommutation arbitrary asymptotic black hole boundary conditions canonical commutation relations classical action coefficients condensed notation conformally invariant constant counterterms covariant derivative curvature curved spacetime defined denotes density Dirac Dirac equation discussed divergences effective action effective potential energy-momentum tensor evaluated event horizon expectation value expression factor Feynman field equations flat spacetime follows functional integral gauge conditions gauge transformation given gravitational Green function infinitesimal inflaton kernel Lagrangian Lorentz massless matrix Minkowski spacetime momentum normal coordinates null geodesics obtain operator parameter Parker particles perturbations quantized quantum field theory renormalization representation result Riemann normal coordinates right-hand side satisfies scalar field Schwarzschild Schwinger Section Sitter solution spacetime dimension spatial spectrum symmetry theory in curved trace anomaly vacuum vanishes vector y-matrices Yang-Mills Yang-Mills theory δφ μν φα