… it is termed the zero-point field. Unlike the commonly accepted interpretation of quantum
field theory, the zero-point field is assumed to be a physical real field interacting with the matter …

… Physically, the single closed loops represent an infinite vacuum or zeropoint energy, … space
quantum field theory and establish our notation. Chapter 3 generalizes these ideas to curved …

… de Sitter space has been investigated within the same … of matter fields in curved spaces
considered scalar fields coupled … in a curved space-time and focus on a quantized scalar field ϕ …

… tensor I!+’ of a free field theory in flat space can be accomplished by simply redefining the …
infinite zero-point energy (ie, normal ordering), the corresponding procedure in curved space-…

… the zero point fluctuation energy of the electromagnetic field system with and without the
plates. In the limit as the cut-off is removed, this difference remains finite (although of course the …

… vector at P to the ordinary geodesic connecting two space or time separated events P and p,
and ɛ … This equation shows that, thanks to matter acting as 'generator' of curvature, we get …

… to the surface area or to the radius of the bag indicate that there are contributions to the
zero-point energy from … Even in one space dimension the zero-point energy of massive confined …

… , as it represents a maximally symmetric spacetime of constant curvature which … Curvature
shifts in the momentum and squared mass are evaluated for scalar fields in anti-de Sitter space…

… (iv) The spectrum of T -1 (and thus that of T) is the same in all the HI x H I-1 spaces. The
zero point belongs to the continuous spectrum of T .. The assertion then follows from (ii). …

… of the field, as can be seen by adding the zero-point energies … the representative of the field
on this Fock space as (25) π ( … of the field in the vacuum representation on Minkowski space, …