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Quantum Fields in Curved Space
N. D. Birrell,Paul Davies +1 more
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A comprehensive review of the subject of gravitational effects in quantum field theory can be found in this paper, where special emphasis is given to the Hawking black hole evaporation effect, and to particle creation processes in the early universe.Abstract:
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.read more
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Ostrogradski formalism for higher-derivative scalar field theories
F. J. de Urries,J. Julve +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the extension of the Ostrogradski method to relativistic field theories was carried out, and the results strongly support the formal covariant methods used in higher-derivative gravity.
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Charged spherically symmetric black holes in f(R) gravity and their stability analysis
TL;DR: In this article, a new class of analytic charged spherically symmetric black hole solutions, which behave asymptotically as flat or (anti-)de Sitter spacetimes, is derived for specific classes of gravity.
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Bulk versus boundary (gravitational Casimir) effects in quantum creation of inflationary brane-world Universe
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of bulk matter quantum effects (via the corresponding effective potential discussed on the example of conformal scalar) and boundary matter quantum effect via the conformal anomaly induced effective action is considered in brane-world cosmology.
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Quantum effects near a point mass in (2+1)-dimensional gravity.
Tarun Souradeep,Varun Sahni +1 more
TL;DR: The presence of conical boundary conditions alters the electrostatic field of a point charge leading to the presence of a finite self-force on the charge from the direction of the point mass exactly as if the pointmass itself were charged.
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Production of spin 3/2 particles from vacuum fluctuations
TL;DR: This work studies the production of spin 3/2 particles in homogeneous scalar and gravitational backgrounds using the mode-mixing Bogolyubov method and reduces the problem to a standard Dirac fermion calculation and applies standard techniques in a straightforward way.
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