This book, first published in 2007, is an introductory textbook on quantum field theory in gravitational backgrounds for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the fields of theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and string theory. It is self-contained and assumes only a basic knowledge of general relativity, and includes exercises with detailed solutions.…mehr
This book, first published in 2007, is an introductory textbook on quantum field theory in gravitational backgrounds for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the fields of theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and string theory. It is self-contained and assumes only a basic knowledge of general relativity, and includes exercises with detailed solutions.
VIATCHESLAV MUKHANOV is Professor of Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. His main result is the theory of inflationary cosmological perturbations. Professor Mukhanov is author of Physical Foundations of Cosmology (Cambridge University Press 2005). He also serves on the editorial boards of leading research journals and is Scientific Director of the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP). SERGEI WINITZKI is Research Associate in the Department of Physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. His main areas of research include quantum cosmology, the theory of dark energy, the global structure of spacetime, and quantum gravity.
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Preface Part I. Canonical Quantization and Particle Production: 1. Overview: a taste of quantum fields 2. Reminder: Classical and quantum theory 3. Driven harmonic oscillator 4. From harmonic oscillators to fields 5. Reminder: Classical fields 6. Quantum fields in expanding universe 7. Quantum fields in the de Sitter universe 8. Unruh effect 9. Hawking effect. Thermodynamics of black holes 10. The Casimir effect Part II. Path Integrals and Vacuum Polarization: 11. Path integrals 12. Effective action 13. Calculation of heat kernel 14. Results from effective action Appendices Index.
Preface Part I. Canonical Quantization and Particle Production: 1. Overview: a taste of quantum fields 2. Reminder: Classical and quantum theory 3. Driven harmonic oscillator 4. From harmonic oscillators to fields 5. Reminder: Classical fields 6. Quantum fields in expanding universe 7. Quantum fields in the de Sitter universe 8. Unruh effect 9. Hawking effect. Thermodynamics of black holes 10. The Casimir effect Part II. Path Integrals and Vacuum Polarization: 11. Path integrals 12. Effective action 13. Calculation of heat kernel 14. Results from effective action Appendices Index.
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