Date: 28th November (Wed), 13:30-
Place: room 248, Main research building
Lecturer: prof. F. Lenz (univ. Erlangen-Nurnberg)
Seminar title: Thermodynamics properties of
quantum fields close to horizons
Abstract: I will discuss the properties of quantum fields
in Rindler and de Sitter space. The emphasis will be on
the mechanism of dimensional reduction which quantum fields
experience in these space-times and its relation to the
properties of the Hamiltonian. The connection to thermodynamics
will be clarified and the strange phenomena associated with
the dynamics of quantum elds close to horizons will be exhibited.
