Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics

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.



Autorentext
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.

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