Published October 15, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Hadamard function, stress tensor, and de Sitter space

  • 1. Groupe d'Astrophysique Relativiste, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire de ParisMeudon, 92195 Meudon Principal Cedex, France

Description

Using the ''Hadamard'' formalism, we derive the general expression of the renormalized vacuum expectation value of the stress tensor of a massive scalar field. We apply this formalism to the O(1,4)- and E(3)-invariant vacua of de Sitter space

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
8
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2286-2291
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18015354
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EINSTEIN FIELD EQUATIONS; MASS; O GROUPS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RENORMALIZATION; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
DYNAMICAL GROUPS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS