RT Journal Article
T1 Thermal equilibrium in de Sitter space
A1 Ruiz Ruiz, Fernando
A1 Redmount, Ian H.
AB Thermal-equilibrium quantum states are constructed for free scalar fields in (%+1)-dimensional de Sitter space. The states are described by density matrices of "thermal" form, satisfying the von Neumann equation associated with the appropriate functional Schrodinger equation. These solutions exist only for fields with mass and/or curvature coupling corresponding to conformal invariance. The temperature associated with such a state obeys the classical red-shift law. States exist with any temperature value at any given time; the zero-temperature limit is the Euclidean vacuum state. The total field energy of a thermal state above that of the Euclidean vacuum is finite and positive. This excitation energy consists of one contribution which red-shifts classically, but-it can also contain a contribution which grows in time as the radius of the space.
PB American Physical Soc
SN 0556-2821
YR 1989
FD 1989-04-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59048
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59048
LA eng
NO © 1989 The American Physical Society.F.R.R. is grateful to Professor Stephen Hawking and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for their hospitality in Cambridge, and to the Spanish Ministry of Education and The British Council for financial support. Support for I. H. R. was provided by the United Kingdom Science and Engineering Research Council.
NO España. Ministerio de Educación
NO British Council
NO United Kingdom Science and Engineering Research Council.
DS Docta Complutense
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