Cosmological Applications of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hack, Thomas-Paul (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics, 6
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.