Quantum Field Theory

Informationen zum Autor Robert M. Wald is professor of physics at the University of Chicago and the author of General Relativity and Space, Time, and Gravity , also published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext PrefaceNotation, Conventions, and Terminology 1: Introduction and Overview 2: Quantum Mechanical Preliminaries 3: Quantum Fields in Flat Spacetime 4: Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime 5: The Unruh Effect 6: Classical Black Hole Thermodynamics 7: The Hawking EffectAppendix: Some Basic Definitions and Constructions Pertaining to HilbertSpacesReferencesNotation IndexGeneral Index Zusammenfassung In this book! the author provides an pedagogical introduction to the formulation of quantum field theory in curved spacetime. The main features of the theory and the relations between different approaches are clarified here along with the Unruh effect and the Hawking effect.

Product details

• Authors: Wald, Robert M. Wald, Wald Robert M.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1994
• EAN: 9780226870274
• ISBN: 978-0-226-87027-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Chicago Lectures in Physics; Chicago Lectures in Physics; Chicago Lectures in Physics CLP (CHUP); Chicago Lectures in Physics CLP
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)