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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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Cosmological constraints on f(R) gravity theories within the Palatini approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate f(R) theories of gravity within the Palatini approach and show how one can determine the expansion history, H(a), for an arbitrary choice of f (R).
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Quantum physics of simple optical instruments
TL;DR: In this paper, the quantum theory of simple optical instruments is developed and applied to a few characteristic situations, such as splitting and interference of photons and the manifestation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen correlations in parametric downconversion.
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On one-loop renormalization of black-hole entropy
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that due to the higher order curvature terms, the entropy of a quantum black hole differs from the Bekenstein-Hawking one in the Einstein gravity by contributions depending on the internal and external geometry of the horizon surface.
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Optimal quantum estimation of the Unruh-Hawking effect.
TL;DR: It is proved that a field in a Fock inertial state, probed via photon counting by a noninertial detector, realizes the optimal strategy attaining the ultimate sensitivity allowed by quantum mechanics for the observation of the Unruh-Hawking effect.
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Observation of negative-frequency waves in a water tank: A classical analogue to the Hawking effect?
TL;DR: In this paper, the first direct observation of negative-frequency waves converted from positive-frequency wave in a moving medium is reported, and the measured degree of mode conversion is significantly higher than expected from theory.
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