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Title: Comments on conformal Killing vector fields and quantum field theory

Abstract

We give a comprehensive analysis of those vacuums for flat and conformally flat space-times which can be defined by timelike, hypersurface-orthogonal, conformal Killing vector fields. We obtain formulas for the difference in stress-energy density between any two such states and display the correspondence with the renormalized stress tensors. A brief discussion is given of the relevance of these results to quantum-mechanical measurements made by noninertial observers moving through flat space.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Department of Astrophysics, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RQ, England
OSTI Identifier:
6835444
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Phys. Rev. D; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26:8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; VECTOR FIELDS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RENORMALIZATION; SPACE-TIME; VACUUM STATES; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MECHANICS; SPACE; 645400* - High Energy Physics- Field Theory

Citation Formats

Brown, M R, Ottewill, A C, and Siklos, S T.C. Comments on conformal Killing vector fields and quantum field theory. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.26.1881.
Brown, M R, Ottewill, A C, & Siklos, S T.C. Comments on conformal Killing vector fields and quantum field theory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.26.1881
Brown, M R, Ottewill, A C, and Siklos, S T.C. 1982. "Comments on conformal Killing vector fields and quantum field theory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.26.1881.
@article{osti_6835444,
title = {Comments on conformal Killing vector fields and quantum field theory},
author = {Brown, M R and Ottewill, A C and Siklos, S T.C.},
abstractNote = {We give a comprehensive analysis of those vacuums for flat and conformally flat space-times which can be defined by timelike, hypersurface-orthogonal, conformal Killing vector fields. We obtain formulas for the difference in stress-energy density between any two such states and display the correspondence with the renormalized stress tensors. A brief discussion is given of the relevance of these results to quantum-mechanical measurements made by noninertial observers moving through flat space.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.26.1881},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6835444}, journal = {Phys. Rev. D; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 26:8,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
}