Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime

by Stephen A. Fulling

Book Overview

The theory of quantum fields on curved spacetimes has attracted great attention since the discovery, by Stephen Hawking, of black-hole evaporation. It remains an important subject for the understanding of such contemporary topics as inflationary cosmology, quantum gravity and superstring theory. This book provides, for mathematicians, an introduction to this field of physics in a language and from a viewpoint which such a reader should find congenial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521377684
• ISBN13: 9780521377683
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.0"