Introduction to Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime and the Hawking Effect
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
These notes introduce the subject of quantum field theory in curved spacetime and some of its applications and the questions they raise. Topics include particle creation in time-dependent metrics, quantum origin of primordial perturbations, Hawking effect, the trans-Planckian question, and Hawking radiation on a lattice.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0308048,
title = {Introduction to Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime and the Hawking Effect},
author = {Ted Jacobson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0308048},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Based on lectures given at the CECS School on Quantum Gravity in Valdivia, Chile, January 2002, 59 pages, 5 figures; v2 improved explanation of use of analyticity in Hawking effect derivation; v3 typo fixed in Fig.2