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Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 999–1001 (1976)

Particle Creation by Gravitational Fields

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N. M. J. Woodhouse*
Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Received 26 January 1976; published in the issue dated 26 April 1976

This paper presents a new and generally covariant approach to quantum field theory in curved space-time. Previously unknown expressions are obtained for particle creation amplitudes in oscillating gravitational fields. These expressions illuminate the physical origin of the particle creation.

© 1976 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.36.999
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.36.999
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*Supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant No. GP30799X.