Title Cosmology, Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions : In Honor of Emilio Elizalde Author(s) Odintsov, Sergey D;S??ez-G??mez, Diego;Universitat Polit??cnica de Cataluny, Prof. Dr. S. Xamb??-Descamps Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. Description X, 382 p : online resource Abstract Note 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 ISBN,Price 9783642197604 Keyword(s) 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory 2. COSMOLOGY 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. GRAVITATION 6. Mathematical Methods in Physics 7. PHYSICS 8. Quantum Field Theories, String Theory 9. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY 10. STRING THEORY Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I06021     On Shelf