Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime: Quantized Fields and Gravity

ISBN-13: 9780521877879 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 472 str.

Leonard Parker

Opis

Suitable for graduate students, this book develops quantum field theory in curved spacetime in a pedagogical style.

Recenzje

"This is an interesting book which contains a lot of material about an important topic of theoretical physics."
Michael Keyl, Mathematical Reviews

Spis treści

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.