The Formulation of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime Export

@article{citeulike:5425650, 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}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Wald, Robert M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5425650}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0416v1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0907.0416v1}, day = {2}, eprint = {0907.0416v1}, keywords = {gravity, physics, quantum, quantum-gravity}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2009-08-12 18:53:38}, priority = {2}, title = {The Formulation of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0416v1}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5425650 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5425650 N2 - 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 TI - The Formulation of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime KW - gravity KW - physics KW - quantum KW - quantum-gravity AU - Wald, Robert PY - 2009/Jul/02/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0416v1 ER -