Cosmology, Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions : In Honor of Emilio Elizalde / edited by Sergey D. Odintsov, Diego Sáez-Gómez, Prof. Dr. S. Xambó-Descamps Universitat Politècnica de Cataluny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Odintsov, Sergey D.

Sáez-Gómez, Diego.

Xambó Descamps, Sebastián.

Series:

Springer Proceedings in Physics, 1867-4941 ; 137

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmology.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Quantum field theory.

Gravitation.

Mathematical physics.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Local Subjects:

Cosmology.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2011.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Some major developments of physics in the last three decades are addressed by highly qualified specialists in different specific fields. They include renormalization problems in QFT, vacuum energy fluctuations and the Casimir effect in different configurations, and a wealth of applications. A number of closely related issues are also considered. The cosmological applications of these theories play a crucial role and are at the very heart of the book; in particular, the possibility to explain in a unified way the whole history of the evolution of the Universe: from primordial inflation to the present day accelerated expansion. Further, a description of the mathematical background underlying many of the physical theories considered above is provided. This includes the uses of zeta functions in physics, as in the regularization problems in QFT already mentioned, specifically in curved space-time, and in Casimir problems as.

Contents:

Part I QFT and the Casimir Effect

1. I. Ya. AREF’EVA. Colliding Hadrons as Cosmic Membranes and Possible Signatures of Lost Momentum

2. M. ASOREY, I. Cavero‐Peláez and J. M. Muñoz‐Casta. Vacuum energy and the Topology of the Universe.-3. M. BORDAG and I. Pirozhenko. The Low Temperature Corrections to the Casimir Force Between a Sphere and a Plane

4. I. BREVIK. Casimir Effect for the Piecewise Uniform String

5. I.L. BUCHBINDER, N.G. Pletnev and I.B. Samsonov. N = 2 and N = 4 Supersymmetric Low‐Energy Effective Actions in Three Dimensions

6. M. CHAICHIAN. Colour Confinement, the Goto‐Imamura‐Schwinger Term and Renormalization Group

7. J. GOMIS. Non‐Central Extensions of (Super) Poincaré Algebra and (Susy) Electromagnetic Backgrounds

8. K. A. MILTON, J. Wagner, P. Parashar, I. Cavero‐Peláez, I. Brevik and S. A. Ellingsen. Multiple Scattering: Dispersion, Temperature Dependence, and Annular Pistons

Part II Gravity and Cosmology

9. M. BOUHMADI‐LÓPEZ. Brane Cosmology with an f(R)‐Contribution

10. S. CAPOZZIELLO. f(R)‐Gravity Matched with Large Scale Structure and Cosmological Observations

11. S. CARLONI. An Analysis of the Phase Space of Hořava‐Lifshitz Cosmologies

12. C. CORDA. Gravitational Waves Astronomy: a Cornerstone for Gravitational Theories

13. R. DI CRISCIENZO, L. Vanzo and S. Zerbini. Hamilton‐Jacobi Method and Gravitation

14. K. N. Ananda, S. Carloni and P. K. S. DUNSBY. A Characteristic Signature of Fourth Order Gravity

15. V. FARAONI. Horizons and Singularity in Clifton's Spherical Solution of f(R)‐vacuum

16. R. GARATTINI. Gravitational Zero Point Energy and the Induced Cosmological Constant

17. P. GONZALEZ‐DÍAZ. Lensing Effects in Ringholes and the Multiverse Black Holes

18. L. LUSANNA. Hamiltonian ADM Gravity in Non‐Harmonic Gauges with Well Defined Non‐Euclidean 3‐Spaces:How Much Darkness can be Explained as a Relativistic Inertial Effect?- 19. J. Beltrán and A. LÓPEZ MAROTO. Dark Energy and Cosmic Magnetic Fields: Electromagnetic Relics from Inflation

20. N. Carlevaro, G. MONTANI and M. Lattanzi. On the Viability of Non‐Analytical f(R)‐Theory

21. S. NOJIRI. Towards the Unification of Late‐Time Acceleration and Inflation by k‐Essence Model

22. N. Deruelle and M. SASAKI. Conformal Equivalence in Classical Gravity: the Example of “Veiled” General Relativity

23. L. SEBASTIANI. Finite‐Time Singularities in Modified f(R;G)‐Gravity and Singularity Avoidance

24. P. J. SILVA. Asymptotic Darkness in Hořava‐Lifshitz Gravity

25. C. F. SOPUERTA and N. Yunes. Testing Modified Gravity with Gravitational Wave Astronomy

26. P. K. TOWNSEND. Gravitons in Flatland

27. M. M. Sheikh‐Jabbari and A. TUREANU. Very Special Relativity and Noncommutative Space‐Time

Part III Zeta Functions in Physics and Mathematics.-28. G. Fucci, K. KIRSTEN and P. Morales. Pistons Modelled by Potentials

29. V. Moretti. Local ζ‐functions, stress‐energy tensor, field fluctuations, and all that, in curved static spacetime

30. V. Muñoz and R. PÉREZ‐MARCO. Ergodic Solenoidal Geometry

31. A. VOROS. Zeta‐Regularization and Exact WKB Method for a General 1D Schrödinger equation

32. G. Cognola and S. ZERBINI. Generalized Zeta Function Regularization and the Multiplicative Anomaly

Part IV Non‐standard approaches

33. R. M. SANTILLI. Isominkowskian Geometry for Interior Dynamical Problems

34. L. YING. Nuclear Fusion Drives Cosmic Expansion

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-642-19760-4

OCLC:

745003019