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The previous chapters of the book have developed the various features of quantum theory and general relativity separately. The next logical step would have been to construct a quantum theory of gravity interacting with matter fields. Unfortunately, this grand synthesis still remains a distant dream.
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There exists a monograph on physics in a curved spacetime by Birrell and Davies: Birrell, J. D., and Davies, P.C.W.: 1982 Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime, Cambridge.
This book discusses various topics of the chapter in much more detail.
There are large number of review articles in this subject. An extensive list of references can be found in the book referred to above. Two particularly lucid reviews are: Parker, L.: 1976, ‘The Production of Elementary Particles by Strong Gravitational Fields’, Asymptotic Properties of Space-Time, Plenum, New York.
Sciama, D. W., Candelas, P., and Deutsch, D.: 1983, ‘Thermal Properties of Accelerated States in Quantum Field Theory’, Adv. Phys. 30 327.
Some original references of relevance to Section 2 are: Letaw, J. R.: 1981, Phys. Rev. D23 1709
Padmanabhan, T.: 1982, Astrophys. Space Sci. 83, 247.
Candelas, P., and Sciama, D. W.: 1983, Phys. Rev. D27, 1715.
The model discussed in Section 3 (see Equations (59–69)) is taken from: Bernard, C., and Duncan, A.: 1977, Ann. Phys. 107, 201.
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Narlikar, J.V., Padmanabhan, T. (1986). Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetime. In: Gravity, Gauge Theories and Quantum Cosmology. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4508-1_9
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