Quantum effects in the early universe. I. Influence of trace anomalies on homogeneous, isotropic, classical geometries
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- 15 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 20 (8) , 1757-1771
Abstract
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.Keywords
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