Representing the vacuum polarization on de Sitter

DOI10.1063/1.4793987zbMath1281.81059arXiv1211.1342OpenAlexW2116190624WikidataQ60154274 ScholiaQ60154274MaRDI QIDQ5397786

Katie E. Leonard, Tomislav Prokopec, Richard Woodard

Publication date: 24 February 2014

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.1342

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Feynman diagrams (81T18) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55)

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