Published June 16, 1978 | Version v1
Journal article

The application of adiabatic regularization to calculations of cosmological interest

Creators

  • 1. King's Coll., London (UK). Dept. of Mathematics

Description

It is shown that the method of adiabatic regularization, proposed by Parker and Fulling (Phys. Rev.; D9:341 (1974)) for the removal of divergences in the vacuum expectation value of the stress tensor of a quantized field propagating in a Robertson-Walker background, is well suited to calculations of cosmological interest. After verifying the equivalence of the adiabatic and point-splitting regularization schemes, both analytical and numerical examples of the use of the former method are given. (author)

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Journal Title
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Journal Volume
361
Journal Issue
1707
Series
Proc. R. Soc. (London), Ser. A.
Journal Page Range
513-526
ISSN
0080-4630

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Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
9415826
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COSMOLOGY; EXPECTATION VALUE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME; STRESSES; TENSORS; VACUUM STATES

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