Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime - Quantized Fields and Gravity

Informationen zum Autor Leonard Parker is a Distinguished Professor in the Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. In the 1960s, he was the first to use quantum field theory to show that the gravitational field of the expanding universe creates elementary particles from the vacuum. Klappentext Suitable for graduate students, this book develops quantum field theory in curved spacetime in a pedagogical style. Zusammenfassung Suitable for graduate students! this book presents detailed derivations of cosmological and black hole processes in which curved spacetime plays a key role. It explains how such processes in the early universe leave observable consequences today! and how these processes uncover deep connections between gravitation and elementary particles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Conventions and notation; 1. Quantum fields in Minkowski spacetime; 2. Basics of quantum fields in curved spacetimes; 3. Expectation values quadratic in fields; 4. Particle creation by black holes; 5. The one-loop effective action; 6. The effective action: non-gauge theories; 7. The effective action: gauge theories; Appendixes; References; Index.

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• Autori: Leonard Parker, Leonard (University of Wisconsin Parker, Leonard Toms Parker, David Toms, David (University of Newcastle upon Tyne) Toms, David J. Toms
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.08.2009
• EAN: 9780521877879
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87787-9
• Pagine: 472
• Serie: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics; Cambridge Monographs on Mathem; Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Altro