Cosmological applications of algebraic quantum field theory in curved spacetimes

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-21894-6zbMATH Open1337.81003arXiv1506.01869OpenAlexW2110288638MaRDI QIDQ5501552FDOQ5501552

Authors: Thomas-Paul Hack 

Publication date: 4 August 2015

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

Abstract: This monograph provides a largely self--contained and broadly accessible exposition of two cosmological applications of algebraic quantum field theory (QFT) in curved spacetime: a fundamental analysis of the cosmological evolution according to the Standard Model of Cosmology and a fundamental study of the perturbations in Inflation. The two central sections of the book dealing with these applications are preceded by sections containing a pedagogical introduction to the subject as well as introductory material on the construction of linear QFTs on general curved spacetimes with and without gauge symmetry in the algebraic approach, physically meaningful quantum states on general curved spacetimes, and the backreaction of quantum fields in curved spacetimes via the semiclassical Einstein equation. The target reader should have a basic understanding of General Relativity and QFT on Minkowski spacetime, but does not need to have a background in QFT on curved spacetimes or the algebraic approach to QFT. In particular, I took a great deal of care to provide a thorough motivation for all concepts of algebraic QFT touched upon in this monograph, as they partly may seem rather abstract at first glance. Thus, it is my hope that this work can help non--experts to make `first contact' with the algebraic approach to QFT.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.01869

Recommendations

• Cosmological applications of algebraic quantum field theory
• Quantum field theory on curved backgrounds -- a primer
• Algebraic quantum field theory in curved spacetimes
• Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space-Time
• Quantum field theory on curved backgrounds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) History of quantum theory (81-03)

Cited In (18)

• Algebraic quantum field theory in curved spacetimes
• Effective quantum gravity observables and locally covariant QFT
• Existence and uniqueness of solutions of the semiclassical Einstein equation in cosmological models
• Semiclassical and stochastic gravity. Quantum field effects on curved spacetime
• Quantum field theory on curved backgrounds -- a primer
• Cosmological applications of algebraic quantum field theory
• Anomalies in time-ordered products and applications to the BV-BRST formulation of quantum gauge theories
• Static symmetric solutions of the semi-classical Einstein-Klein-Gordon system
• Current algebra formulation of quantum gravity and its application to cosmology
• The spatial functional renormalization group and Hadamard states on cosmological spacetimes
• The fermionic signature operator in De Sitter spacetime
• Cosmological particle creation beyond de Sitter
• Linear stability of semiclassical theories of gravity
• Special cosmological models derived from the semiclassical Einstein equation on flat FLRW space-times
• Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
• Hadamard states for bosonic quantum field theory on globally hyperbolic spacetimes
• Bonus properties of states of low energy
• The cosmological semiclassical Einstein equation as an infinite-dimensional dynamical system

This page was built for publication: Cosmological applications of algebraic quantum field theory in curved spacetimes

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5501552)