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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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The hadamard condition and kay's conjecture in (axiomatic) quantum field theory on curved space-time
TL;DR: In this paper, the global Hadamard condition for a two-point distribution of a Klein-Gordon neutral scalar quantum field model on an arbitrary globally hyperbolic curved space-time in terms of distinguished parametrices (of Duistermaat and Hörmander) and a wave front set spectrum condition is interpreted.
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Stochastic semiclassical cosmological models
TL;DR: In this article, the Einstein equation is upgraded to a so-called Einstein Langevin equation, which is computed along the lines of the Feynman-Vernon and Schwinger-Keldysh techniques.
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Adiabatic regularization for spin- 1 / 2 fields
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extended the adiabatic regularization method to spin-1/2$ fields and showed its power by computing the renormalized stress energy tensor for Dirac fermions in de Sitter space.
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Hamiltonian linearization of the rest-frame instant form of tetrad gravity in a completely fixed 3-orthogonal gauge: a radiation gauge for background-independent gravitational waves in a post-Minkowskian Einstein spacetime
TL;DR: In this paper, a special completely fixed 3-orthogonal Hamiltonian gauge was defined, corresponding to a choice of non-harmonic 4-coordinates, in which the independent degrees of freedom of the gravitational field are described by two pairs of canonically conjugate Dirac observables.
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TL;DR: The results of four years of timing observations of PSR 1913+16 made with the 305m telescope at the Arecibo Observatory at frequencies near 430 and 1410 MHz are summarized in this paper.
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