Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics Ser.: Quantum Fields in Curved Space by Paul Davies and N. D. Birrell (1984, Trade Paperback)

Cambridge University Press

0521278589

9780521278584

766111

Paul Davies, N. D. Birrell

Quantum Fields in Curved Space

Trade Paperback

English

Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics Ser.

1984

Textbook

352 Pages

9.2in

0.9in

6in

18.4 Oz

Qc174.45

'This book is a clear and cogent introduction to a partially charted territory that has already proved remarkably fertile. The cultivation of new ideas should be greatly aided by providing graduate students with this coordinated textbook.'The Times Higher Education Supplement, '... the authors are to be congratulated on producing a timely work that should help to stimulate interest in this fascinating branch of theoretical physics.' Nature, '… the authors are to be congratulated on producing a timely work that should help to stimulate interest in this fascinating branch of theoretical physics.'Nature, 'This book is a clear and cogent introduction to a partially charted territory that has already proved remarkably fertile. The cultivation of new ideas should be greatly aided by providing graduate students with this coordinated textbook.' The Times Higher Education Supplement, '… the authors are to be congratulated on producing a timely work that should help to stimulate interest in this fascinating branch of theoretical physics.' Nature, '... the authors are to be congratulated on producing a timely work that should help to stimulate interest in this fascinating branch of theoretical physics.'Nature

1. Introduction; 2. Quantum field theory in Minkowski space; 3. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime; 4. Flat spacetime examples; 5. Curved spacetime examples; 6. Stress-tensor renormalization; 7. Applications of renormalization techniques; 8. Quantum black holes; 9. Interacting fields; References; Index.

1982

Physics / Quantum Theory, Physics / Mathematical & Computational

81-003851

530.143

Scholarly & Professional

19

Yes

Science