Quantum Effects in the Early Universe. 1. Influence of Trace Anomalies on Homogeneous, Isotropic, Classical Geometries

1979
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 20 (1979) 1757-1771

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Abstract: (APS)
The use of the effective-action method to calculate quantum effects in the early universe is described. An application is made to the calculation of the effect of one-loop contributions of conformally invariant matter fields on the evolution of homogeneous, isotropic, spatially flat classical geometries containing classical radiation.
  • COSMOLOGICAL MODEL
  • GRAVITATION
  • FIELD THEORY: EFFECTIVE LAGRANGIANS
  • INVARIANCE: CONFORMAL
  • FEYNMAN GRAPH: HIGHER-ORDER
  • FIELD EQUATIONS: SOLUTION
  • FIELD EQUATIONS: BOUNDARY CONDITION
  • EFFECT: QUANTIZATION
  • FIELD THEORY: SPACE-TIME
  • FIELD THEORY: SCALAR