The Formulation of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime

DOI10.1007/978-1-4939-7708-6_15MaRDI QIDQ4557067zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert M. Wald

Publication date 29 November 2018

Published in Einstein Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0416

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theory in curved spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Abstract: The usual formulations of quantum field theory in Minkowski spacetime make crucial use of Poincare symmetry, positivity of total energy, and the existence of a unique, Poincare invariant vacuum state. These and other key features of quantum field theory do not generalize straightforwardly to curved spacetime. We discuss the conceptual obstacles to formulating quantum field theory in curved spacetime and how they can be overcome

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