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- Lecturer: Profile: Pieter Bomans
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General Prerequisites:
Quantum Field Theory (MT), General Relativity I
(MT) and General Relativity II. Advanced Quantum Field Theory and a course on differential geometry will be helpful but not essential.
(MT) and General Relativity II. Advanced Quantum Field Theory and a course on differential geometry will be helpful but not essential.
Course Term: Trinity
Course Lecture Information: 16 lectures
Course Weight: 1
Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to formulate classical and quantum field theories in curved space-time including an understanding of global features.
Course Synopsis:
This course builds on the courses in quantum field theory and general relativity. It will focus on classical and quantum aspects of fields in curved space-time. The course will consist of the following topics: Classical fields in curved space, Quantization in curved space, Quantum fields in (Anti) de Sitter space, Quantum fields in Rindler space and the Unruh effect, Hawking radiation, Black hole thermodynamics and the Hawking-Page phase transition, Interactions in curved space-time, Quantum field theory and cosmology.
Section outline
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Due: Sunday, 11 May 2025, 11:59 PMProblems with a star will not be graded. However, students are strongly encouraged to also try to complete the starred problems.
In order to pass the sheet you have to complete at least 50% of the graded problems.
Due at the end of week 2. -
Due: Sunday, 18 May 2025, 11:59 PMProblems with a star will not be graded. However, students are strongly encouraged to also try to complete the starred problems.
In order to pass the sheet you have to complete at least 50% of the graded problems.
Due at the end of week 3. -
Due: Sunday, 25 May 2025, 11:59 PMProblems with a star will not be graded. However, students are strongly encouraged to also try to complete the starred problems.
In order to pass the sheet you have to complete at least 50% of the graded problems.
Due at the end of week 4. -
These are the lecture notes for the course on Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime. Note that these notes are a work in progress and will be updated regularly.
If you spot any typo's, let me know.
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