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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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Derivation of a four dimensional c-theorem for renormaliseable quantum field theories
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The Schrödinger–Newton equation and its foundations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the approach of quantum gravity, with that of a fundamentally semi-classical theory of gravity, in the weak-field non-relativistic limit.
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Double-trace operators and one-loop vacuum energy in AdS/CFT
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TL;DR: In this paper, a one-loop calculation of the vacuum energy of a tachyon field in anti-char21{}de Sitter space with boundary conditions corresponding to the presence of a double-trace operator in the dual field theory was performed.
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Introduction to Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime and the Hawking Effect
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the subject of quantum field theory in curved spacetime and some of its applications and the questions they raise, including particle creation in time-dependent metrics, quantum origin of primordial perturbations, Hawking effect, the trans-Planckian question, and Hawking radiation on a lattice.
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Foundations of the Theory of Dynamical Systems of Infinitely Many Degrees of Freedom, II
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