Stress-energy tensor of quantized scalar fields in static black hole spacetimes

Journal Article · Sun Mar 21 23:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1739· OSTI ID:6704615

Anderson, P R ^[1]; Hiscock, W A; Samuel, D A ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717 (United States)

We present a method for the numerical computation of the stress-energy tensor of a quantized scalar field in a general static spherically symmetric spacetime, with or without horizon. The scalar field may have arbitrary curvature coupling and mass. Our method leads in a natural way to a new analytic approximation to the stress-energy tensor for massless scalar fields in these spacetimes. We use the results to compute stress-energy tensors of quantized scalar fields in Schwarzschild and Reissner-Norstrom black hole spacetimes.

• OSTI ID: 6704615
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 70:12; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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