Introduction to Quantum Effects in Gravity
- Authors:
- Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
- Sergei Winitzki, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
- Date Published: June 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521868341
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This book, first published in 2007, is an introductory textbook on quantum field theory in gravitational backgrounds intended for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the fields of theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and string theory. The book covers the basic (but essential) material of quantization of fields in an expanding universe and quantum fluctuations in inflationary spacetime. It also contains a detailed explanation of the Casimir, Unruh, and Hawking effects, and introduces the method of effective action used for calculating the back-reaction of quantum systems on a classical external gravitational field. The broad scope of the material covered will provide the reader with a thorough perspective of the subject. Every major result is derived from first principles and thoroughly explained. The book is self-contained and assumes only a basic knowledge of general relativity. Exercises with detailed solutions are provided throughout the book.
Read more- The first introductory textbook on quantum field theory in gravitational backgrounds for undergraduate and beginning graduate students
- Contains exercises with detailed solutions
- Self-contained, covering a broad scope of material
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- Date Published: June 2007
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521868341
- length: 284 pages
- dimensions: 252 x 180 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.73kg
- contains: 20 b/w illus. 52 exercises
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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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