The Schrödinger wave functional and vacuum states in curved spacetime

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 530, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 247-278

  Long, D V ^a   Shore, G M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantum field theory in curved spacetime; Schr dinger representation; Vacuum state; Wave functionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032511720     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00408-8     Document Type: Article

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