Quantum field theory in curved space-time
Abstract
Recent theoretical developments indicate that the presence of gravity (curved space-time) can give rise to important new quantum effects, such as cosmological particle production and black-hole evaporation. These processes hint at intriguing new relations between quantum theory, thermodynamics and space-time structure and encourage the hope that a better understanding of a full quantum theory of gravity may emerge from this approach.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- September 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1038/263377a0
- Bibcode:
- 1976Natur.263..377D
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Field Theory (Physics);
- Gravitational Fields;
- Quantum Theory;
- Relativity;
- Black Holes (Astronomy);
- Cosmology;
- Minkowski Space;
- Space-Time Functions;
- Stress Tensors;
- Astrophysics