Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime

Quantized Fields and Gravity

AvLeonard Parker,David Toms

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Quantum field theory in curved spacetime has been remarkably fruitful. It can be used to explain how the large-scale structure of the universe and the anisotropies of the cosmic background radiation that we observe today first arose. Similarly, it provides a deep connection between general relativity, thermodynamics, and quantum field theory. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-08-20
Mått:180 x 253 x 30 mm
Vikt:1 000 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Antal sidor:472
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521877879

Utforska kategorier

Matematisk fysik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Kvantfysik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Fysik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Leonard Parker is a Distinguished Professor in the Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. In the 1960s, he was the first to use quantum field theory to show that the gravitational field of the expanding universe creates elementary particles from the vacuum. David J. Toms is a Reader in Mathematical Physics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Newcastle University. His research interests include the formalism of quantum field theory and its applications, and his most recent interests involve the use of quantum field theory methods in low energy quantum gravity.

Recensioner i media

"While readers of Birrel and Davies will certainly like this new book, newcomers and students will appreciate the breadth and the style of a treatise written by two well known scientists who have dedicated their lives to the understanding of the treatment of quantum fields in a fixed gravitational background." Massimo Giovannini, CERN Courier

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Conventions and notation; 1. Quantum fields in Minkowski spacetime; 2. Basics of quantum fields in curved spacetimes; 3. Expectation values quadratic in fields; 4. Particle creation by black holes; 5. The one-loop effective action; 6. The effective action: non-gauge theories; 7. The effective action: gauge theories; Appendixes; References; Index.