Quantum Fields in Curved Space

N. D. Birrell; P. C. W. Davies

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511622632

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.

‘… the authors are to be congratulated on producing a timely work that should help to stimulate interest in this fascinating branch of theoretical physics.’

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‘This book is a clear and cogent introduction to a partially charted territory that has already proved remarkably fertile. The cultivation of new ideas should be greatly aided by providing graduate students with this coordinated textbook.’

Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-vii

Preface to the paperback edition
pp viii-viii

Conventions and abbreviations
pp ix-x

1 - Introduction
pp 1-9

2 - Quantum field theory in Minkowski space
pp 10-35

3 - Quantum field theory in curved spacetime
pp 36-88

4 - Flat spacetime examples
pp 89-117

5 - Curved spacetime examples
pp 118-149

6 - Stress-tensor renormalization
pp 150-224

7 - Applications of renormalization techniques
pp 225-248

8 - Quantum black holes
pp 249-291

9 - Interacting fields
pp 292-322

References
pp 323-336

Index
pp 337-340

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