Cosmological Applications of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes

• Main Author: Hack, Thomas-Paul (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics, 6
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Cosmology.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Mathematical Physics.

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 th...

Table of Contents:

• 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.