{"product_id":"quantum-field-theory-in-curved-spacetime-quantized-fields-and-gravity-hardback-9780521877879","title":"Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime; Quantized Fields and Gravity (Hardback) 9780521877879","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eQuantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eQuantized Fields and Gravity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuitable for graduate students, this book develops quantum field theory in curved spacetime in a pedagogical style.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeonard Parker (Author), David Toms (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521877879, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 August 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e472 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.3 x 18 x 3 cm, 1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is an interesting book which contains a lot of material about an important topic of theoretical physics.\"  \u003cbr\u003eMichael Keyl, Mathematical Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eQuantum field theory in curved spacetime has been remarkably fruitful. It can be used to explain how the large-scale structure of the universe and the anisotropies of the cosmic background radiation that we observe today first arose. Similarly, it provides a deep connection between general relativity, thermodynamics, and quantum field theory.  This book develops quantum field theory in curved spacetime in a pedagogical style, suitable for graduate students. The authors present detailed, physically motivated, derivations of cosmological and black hole processes in which curved spacetime plays a key role. They explain how such processes in the rapidly expanding early universe leave observable consequences today, and how in the context of evaporating black holes, these processes uncover deep connections between gravitation and elementary particles. The authors also lucidly describe many other aspects of free and interacting quantized fields in curved spacetime.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Conventions and notation\u003cbr\u003e 1. Quantum fields in Minkowski spacetime\u003cbr\u003e 2. Basics of quantum fields in curved spacetimes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Expectation values quadratic in fields\u003cbr\u003e 4. Particle creation by black holes\u003cbr\u003e 5. The one-loop effective action\u003cbr\u003e 6. The effective action: non-gauge theories\u003cbr\u003e 7. The effective action: gauge theories\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Mathematical physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mathematical physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mathematical%20physics%20%5BPHU%5D%22\"\u003ePHU\u003c\/a\u003e], Statistical physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Statistical physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Statistical%20physics%20%5BPHS%5D%22\"\u003ePHS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000924754200,"sku":"9780521877879","price":71.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521877879i_e2bfa933-ccbc-493b-b61f-696e6777a64f.jpg?v=1691358757","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/quantum-field-theory-in-curved-spacetime-quantized-fields-and-gravity-hardback-9780521877879","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}