Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 65 No. 6 (1981) pp. 2023-2037

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On Quantum Theory of General-Relativistic Many-Particle Systems. I

— Formalism —

Ikuo Ichinose

Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Oh-okayama, Tokyo 152

(Received December 19, 1980)

Abstract:

A new approach to general-relativistic quantum many-particle systems is proposed. The gravitational field is treated as a classical background field, and a formalism of statistical physics in that curved spacetime is constructed. The theory is restricted to the case of static and conformally static spacetime where no particle production takes place, however the scope of applications seems to be wide enough.

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DOI : 10.1143/PTP.65.2023

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