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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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Relativistic Landau-Aharonov-Casher quantization based on the Lorentz symmetry violation background
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Closed string tachyon condensation and worldsheet inflation
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Simplified derivation of the Hawking-Unruh temperature for an accelerated observer in vacuum
Paul M. Alsing,Peter W. Milonni +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that a detector undergoing uniform acceleration in a vacuum field responds as though it were immersed in thermal radiation of temperature T =ℏa/2πkc.
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Quantum fluctuations in holographic theories with hyperscaling violation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used holographic methods to study the response of quantum critical points with hyperscaling violation to a disturbance caused by a massive charged particle, and gave analytical expressions for the two-point functions of the fluctuations of the massive probe as a function of arbitrary (allowed) values of the hyperscale violation exponent and the dynamical exponent.
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Black Hole Production in Particle Collisions and Higher Curvature Gravity
TL;DR: In this article, the problem of black hole production in trans-Planckian particle collisions is revisited, in the context of large extra dimensions scenarios of TeV-scale gravity.
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