Quantum fields in curved spacetime

DOI10.1016/j.physrep.2015.02.001zbMath1357.81144arXiv1401.2026OpenAlexW3105912180MaRDI QIDQ516725

Stefan Hollands, Robert M. Wald

Publication date: 15 March 2017

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.2026

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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