Quantum Fields in Curved SpaceCambridge University Press, 23 feb 1984 - 340 páginas This book presents a comprehensive review of the subject of gravitational effects in quantum field theory. Although the treatment is general, special emphasis is given to the Hawking black hole evaporation effect, and to particle creation processes in the early universe. The last decade has witnessed a phenomenal growth in this subject. This is the first attempt to collect and unify the vast literature that has contributed to this development. All the major technical results are presented, and the theory is developed carefully from first principles. Here is everything that students or researchers will need to embark upon calculations involving quantum effects of gravity at the so-called one-loop approximation level. |
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Quantum field theory in Minkowski space | 10 |
Quantum field theory in curved spacetime | 36 |
Flat spacetime examples | 89 |
Curved spacetime examples | 118 |
Stresstensor renormalization | 150 |
Applications of renormalization techniques | 225 |
Quantum black holes | 249 |
Interacting fields | 292 |
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Quantum Fields in Curved Space N. D. Birrell,P. C. W. Davies No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1982 |
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adiabatic order adiabatic vacuum anomaly asymptotic Birrell black hole Bogolubov coefficients Bogolubov transformation boundary conditions Bunch calculation Christensen conformal anomaly conformal vacuum conformally coupled conformally invariant constant coordinates cosmological curved spacetime Davies defined DeWitt-Schwinger dimensional regularization divergent terms Dowker ds² effective action Einstein energy density event horizon example expansion expectation value factor Feynman field equation field modes finite flat spacetime flux Fock space geometrical given gravitational field Green functions Hawking infinite integral interaction Killing vector Lagrangian density Lett line element metric Minkowski space mirror normal null rays obtains Parker particle creation particle detector Penrose diagram Phys physical Planck positive frequency propagator quantization quantum field theory radiation region renormalization result right-hand side Rindler Robertson-Walker spacetimes scalar field Schwarzschild Sitter space solutions spin static stress-tensor T>ren temperature tensor thermal trace two-dimensional vacuum expectation value vanishes Wald Wightman function yields μν