Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics

PrefaceNotation, Conventions, and Terminology 1: Introduction and Overview 2: Quantum Mechanical Preliminaries 3: Quantum Fields in Flat Spacetime 4: Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime 5: The Unruh Effect 6: Classical Black Hole Thermodynamics 7: The Hawking EffectAppendix: Some Basic Definitions and Constructions Pertaining to HilbertSpacesReferencesNotation IndexGeneral Index