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The birth of gravitational particle creation: the enduring legacy of Leonard Parker’s 1966 thesis

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Authors: Antonio Ferreiro, José Navarro-Salas, Silvia Pla

Year

2026

Paper ID

25418

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Peer-reviewed

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Abstract This paper offers a historical overview of the origins and enduring significance of gravitational particle creation, a groundbreaking discovery first formulated in Leonard Parker’s doctoral thesis at Harvard University. By tracing the context in which Parker developed this idea and examining its subsequent influence, the paper highlights how the concept of gravitational particle creation advanced the study of quantum field theory in curved spacetime and profoundly shaped modern cosmology, as well as the quantum theory of black holes.

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[1] DOI https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/s13129-026-00116-2 [2] Publisher https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/s13129-026-00116-2

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