Quantum Fields in Curved Space

N. D. Birrell, P. C. W. Davies (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

349 Seiten

1982
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-23385-9 (ISBN)

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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.

1. Introduction; 2. Quantum field theory in Minkowski space; 3. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime; 4. Flat spacetime examples; 5. Curved spacetime examples; 6. Stress-tensor renormalization; 7. Applications of renormalization techniques; 8. Quantum black holes; 9. Interacting fields; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.2.1982
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
ISBN-10	0-521-23385-2 / 0521233852
ISBN-13	978-0-521-23385-9 / 9780521233859
Zustand	Neuware