Cosmological applications of algebraic quantum field theory in curved spacetimes [electronic resource] / Thomas-Paul Hack.
Hack, Thomas-Paul, author.
2016
QC174.45 .H33 2016eb
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Title Cosmological applications of algebraic quantum field theory in curved spacetimes [electronic resource] / Thomas-Paul Hack.
Author Hack, Thomas-Paul, author.
ISBN 9783319218946 (electronic book)
3319218948 (electronic book)
9783319218939
331921893X
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21894-6
Published Cham : Springer, [2016]
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-21894-6 doi
Call Number QC174.45 .H33 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 530.14/3
Summary This book provides a largely self-contained and broadly accessible exposition on two cosmological applications of algebraic quantum field theory (QFT) in curved spacetime: a fundamental analysis of the cosmological evolution according to the Standard Model of Cosmology; and a fundamental study of the perturbations in inflation. The two central sections of the book dealing with these applications are preceded by sections providing a pedagogical introduction to the subject. Introductory material on the construction of linear QFTs on general curved spacetimes with and without gauge symmetry in the algebraic approach, physically meaningful quantum states on general curved spacetimes, and the backreaction of quantum fields in curved spacetimes via the semiclassical Einstein equation is also given. The reader should have a basic understanding of General Relativity and QFT on Minkowski spacetime, but no background in QFT on curved spacetimes or the algebraic approach to QFT is required.
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Series SpringerBriefs in mathematical physics ; v. 6.
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Introduction
A Pedagogical Introduction to Algebraic Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes
Outline of the Cosmological Applications
Algebraic Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes
Globally Hyperbolic Spacetimes and Related Geometric Notions
Linear Classical Fields on Curved Spacetimes
Linear Quantum Fields on Curved Spacetimes
Hadamard States
Locality and General Covariance
The Quantum Stress?Energy Tensor and the Semiclassical Einstein equation
Further Reading
Cosmological Applications
A Brief Introduction to Cosmology
The Cosmological Expansion in QFT on Curved Spacetimes
A Birds?Eye View of Perturbations in Inflation
Index.

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