Energy-momentum tensor of a massless scalar quantum field in a Robertson-Walker universe

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Year: 1977
Type: article
Volume: 109
Issue: 1
Pages: 108-142
Citations: 165
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                                    P. C. W. Davies, 
                                
                                    S. A. Fulling, 
                                
                                    Steven M. Christensen
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1977). 
                            Energy-momentum tensor of a massless scalar quantum field in a Robertson-Walker universe. 
                            Annals of Physics
                            , 109
                            (1)
                            , 108-142.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-4916(77)90167-1
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0003-4916(77)90167-1