Quantum field theory in curved spacetime and black hole thermodynamics (Record no. 59221)
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| fixed length control field | 01326pam a2200265 a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 940325s1994 ilua b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780226870274 (PB) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Universal Decimal Classification number | 530.145 |
| Item number | WAL |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Wald, Robert M. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Quantum field theory in curved spacetime and black hole thermodynamics |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Robert M. Wald. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Chicago |
| Name of publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Year of publication | 1994 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 205 p |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Chicago lectures in physics |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and indexes. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction and overview<br/>Quantum mechanical preliminaries<br/>Quantum fields in flat spacetime<br/>Quantum fields in curved spacetime<br/>The Unruh effect<br/>Classical black hole thermodynamics<br/>The Hawking effect<br/>Some basic definitions and constructions pertaining to Hilbert spaces |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In this book, the author provides an introduction to the formulation of quantum field theory in curved spacetime. The main features of the theory and the relations between different approaches are clarified here along with the Unruh effect and the Hawking effect. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Quantum field theory |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Black holes (Astronomy) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Gravitational fields |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Space and time |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Thermodynamics |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physics |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BOOKS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Current library | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| IMSc Library | 530.145 WAL | 76585 | BOOKS |