Cosmological Applications of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes

Introduction -- A Pedagogical Introduction to Algebraic Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes -- Outline of the Cosmological Applications -- Algebraic Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes -- Globally Hyperbolic Spacetimes and Related Geometric Notions -- Linear Classical Fields on Curved Spacetimes -- Linear Quantum Fields on Curved Spacetimes -- Hadamard States -- Locality and General Covariance -- The Quantum Stress–Energy Tensor and the Semiclassical Einstein equation --  Further Reading -- Cosmological Applications -- A Brief Introduction to Cosmology -- The Cosmological Expansion in QFT on Curved Spacetimes -- A Birds–Eye View of Perturbations in Inflation -- Index. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9783319218939