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Local $\zeta$-functions, stress-energy tensor, field fluctuations, and all that, in curved static spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-05-20 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

This is a quick review on some technology concerning the local zeta function applied to Quantum Field Theory in curved static (thermal) spacetime to regularize the stress-energy tensor and the field fluctuations.

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@article{arxiv.1010.1630,
  title  = {Local $\zeta$-functions, stress-energy tensor, field fluctuations, and all that, in curved static spacetime},
  author = {Valter Moretti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.1630},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

LaTeX 10 Pages. Submitted to the volume "Cosmology, Quantum Vacuum, and Zeta Functions", in honour of Professor Emilio Elizalde on the occasion of his 60th birthday