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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 graviton propagator in homogeneous and isotropic spacetimes
TL;DR: In this article, the propagator for gravitons in spacetimes with homogeneous and isotropic flat (k = 0) spatial sections is obtained in closed form for the adiabatic vacuum state.
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Asymptotically (anti)-de Sitter solutions in Gauss-Bonnet gravity without a cosmological constant
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that one can have asymptotically de Sitter, anti-de Sitter and flat solutions in Gauss-Bonnet gravity without any need to a cosmological constant term in field equations.
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On the conformal forms of the Robertson-Walker metric
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Universes inside a Λ black hole
TL;DR: In this paper, a spherically symmetric globally regular solution to the Einstein equations with variable cosmological term Λ μν, asymptotically Λg μν as r → 0 with Λ of the scale of symmetry restoration is presented.
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Alpha-states in de Sitter space
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a functional formalism for examining physics in an {alpha}-state, which extends to fields of other spin fields and provides a new class of infrared modifications to gravitational interactions.
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