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Robert M. Wald

Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics

220 pages, 7 line drawings  6 x 9  © 1994
Series: Chicago Lectures in Physics

Paper $22.00

ISBN: 9780226870274   Published November 1994

Preface
Notation, Conventions, and Terminology
1: Introduction and Overview
2: Quantum Mechanical Preliminaries
3: Quantum Fields in Flat Spacetime
4: Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime
5: The Unruh Effect
6: Classical Black Hole Thermodynamics
7: The Hawking Effect
Appendix: Some Basic Definitions and Constructions Pertaining to Hilbert
Spaces
References
Notation Index
General Index
Subjects



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