Abstract
This article aims to explain some of the basic facts about the questions raised in the title, without the technical details that are available in the literature. We provide a gentle introduction to some rather classical results about quantum field theory in curved spacetime and about the thermodynamic limit of quantum statistical mechanics. We also briefly explain that these results have an analog in the large N limit of gauge theory.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Dialogues Between Physics and Mathematics |
| Subtitle of host publication | C. N. Yang at 100 |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 241-284 |
| Number of pages | 44 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031175237 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783031175220 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy
- General Mathematics