Preface |
Conventions and abbreviations |
Introduction / 1: |
Quantum field theory in Minkowski space / 2: |
Scalar field / 2.1: |
Quantization / 2.2: |
Energy-momentum / 2.3: |
Vacuum energy divergence / 2.4: |
Dirac spinor field / 2.5: |
Electromagnetic field / 2.6: |
Green functions / 2.7: |
Path-integral quantization / 2.8: |
Quantum field theory in curved spacetime / 3: |
Spacetime structure / 3.1: |
Scalar field quantization / 3.2: |
Meaning of the particle concept: particle detectors / 3.3: |
Cosmological particle creation: a simple example / 3.4: |
Adiabatic vacuum / 3.5: |
Adiabatic expansion of Green functions / 3.6: |
Conformal vacuum / 3.7: |
Fields of arbitrary spin in curved spacetime / 3.8: |
Flat spacetime examples / 4: |
Cylindrical two-dimensional spacetime / 4.1: |
Use of Green functions / 4.2: |
Boundary effects / 4.3: |
Moving mirrors / 4.4: |
Quantum field theory in Rindler space / 4.5: |
Curved spacetime examples / 5: |
Robertson-Walker spacetimes / 5.1: |
Static Robertson-Walker spacetimes / 5.2: |
The Milne universe / 5.3: |
De Sitter space / 5.4: |
Classification of conformal vacua / 5.5: |
Bianchi I spacetimes and perturbation theory / 5.6: |
Stress-tensor renormalization / 6: |
The fundamental problem / 6.1: |
Renormalization in the effective action / 6.2: |
Conformal anomalies and the massless case / 6.3: |
Computing the renormalized stress-tensor / 6.4: |
Other regularization methods / 6.5: |
Physical significance of the stress-tensor / 6.6: |
Applications of renormalization techniques / 7: |
Two-dimensional examples / 7.1: |
Robertson-Walker models / 7.2: |
Perturbation calculation of the stress-tensor / 7.3: |
Cosmological considerations / 7.4: |
Quantum black holes / 8: |
Particle creation by a collapsing spherical body / 8.1: |
Physical aspects of black hole emission / 8.2: |
Eternal black holes / 8.3: |
Analysis of the stress-tensor / 8.4: |
Further developments / 8.5: |
Interacting fields / 9: |
Calculation of S-matrix elements / 9.1: |
Self-interacting scalar field in curved spacetime / 9.2: |
Particle production due to interaction / 9.3: |
Other effects of interactions / 9.4: |
References |
Index |
Preface |
Conventions and abbreviations |
Introduction / 1: |
Quantum field theory in Minkowski space / 2: |
Scalar field / 2.1: |
Quantization / 2.2: |