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Quantum field theory in curved spacetime is the theory of quantum fields propagating in a classical curved spacetime. Here the spacetime is described, in accord with general relativity, by a manifold,M, on which is defined a Lorentz metric, g ab . In order to ensure that classical dynamics is well defined on (M,g ab ), we restrict attention to the case where (M,g ab ) is globally hyperbolic (see, e.g., (Wald 1984)).
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Wald, R.M. (2012). The History and Present Status of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime. In: Lehner, C., Renn, J., Schemmel, M. (eds) Einstein and the Changing Worldviews of Physics. Einstein Studies, vol 12. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4940-1_16
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