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silverwhale
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- In Birrell an dDavies QFT on CS a rewrite of a conformal line element is done. But this recasting seems to me not to be correct.
Hello PhysicsForums-Readers,
On page 59 of Birrells and Davies QFT on CS, the line element ##ds^2 = dt^2 - a(t)^2 dx^2##, where ##a(t)## is some conformal factor defined as ##a({\eta}) = dt/d{\eta}##.
Then in 3.83 the equation is rewritten to ##ds^2 = a(\eta)^2 (d^2 \eta - dx^2)##. IMHO this cannot be true.
But how can the author recast eqaution 3.81 (mentioned above) to this one? maybe because the map is a conformal map??
Can anyone enlighten me on this rewrite? Thank you!
Silverwhale
On page 59 of Birrells and Davies QFT on CS, the line element ##ds^2 = dt^2 - a(t)^2 dx^2##, where ##a(t)## is some conformal factor defined as ##a({\eta}) = dt/d{\eta}##.
Then in 3.83 the equation is rewritten to ##ds^2 = a(\eta)^2 (d^2 \eta - dx^2)##. IMHO this cannot be true.
But how can the author recast eqaution 3.81 (mentioned above) to this one? maybe because the map is a conformal map??
Can anyone enlighten me on this rewrite? Thank you!
Silverwhale