Thermal radiation in non-static curved spacetimes: quantum mechanical path integrals and configuration space topology
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-12-15 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Quantum Physics
Abstract
A quantum mechanical path integral derivation is given of a thermal propagator in non-static Gui spacetime. The thermal nature of the propagator is understood in terms of homotopically non-trivial paths in the configuration space appropriate to tortoise coordinates. The connection to thermal emission from collapsing black holes is discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9707177,
title = {Thermal radiation in non-static curved spacetimes: quantum mechanical path integrals and configuration space topology},
author = {M. E. Ortiz and F. Vendrell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9707177},
year = {2009}
}
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20 pages, major revised version, 9 figures, new title