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The creation of particles is a process which can only be described by quantum field theory. The old classical theories dealing with indestructible particles are incompatible with particle creation. It was the discovery of the corpuscular nature of light (Einstein, 1905) and the prediction of antiparticles (Dirac, 1929) which demonstrated that particle creation was possible. The creation of particles may influence the cos-mological equations through the energy-stress tensor of these particles. For physical cosmology the particles themselves are important. Therefore this report deals with a particular example of the impact of quantum mechanics on cosmological theory.
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Zel’dovich, Y.B. (1974). Creation of Particles in Cosmology. In: Longair, M.S. (eds) Confrontation of Cosmological Theories with Observational Data. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2220-0_28
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