QUANTIZED FIELDS IN CURVED SPACE-TIME AND THE PROBLEM OF SELFCONSISTENT COSMOLOGICAL MODELS

1986
17 pages
Published in:
  • Nuovo Cim.B 94 (1986) 63-79

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Abstract: (Springer)
The semi-classical homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models are discussed. The matter is represented by a quantized massive scalar field. Because the consistent solutions of the field equations show that the matter and the gravitational action are of the same order, the semi-classical approach is very questionable. In consequence, we present a model for the quantization of the conformal degree of freedom of the gravitational field together with a massive scalar matter field which is completely renormalizable if one includes a cosmological constant and a quartic self-interaction of the matter field.
  • COSMOLOGICAL MODEL
  • FIELD THEORY: SPACE-TIME
  • FIELD THEORY: SCALAR
  • QUANTIZATION
  • RENORMALIZATION
  • INVARIANCE: CONFORMAL
  • APPROXIMATION: EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL
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