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Recent theoretical developments indicate that the presence of gravity (curved space–time) can give rise to important new quantum effects, such as cosmological particle production and black-hole evaporation. These processes hint at intriguing new relations between quantum theory, thermodynamics and space–time structure and encourage the hope that a better understanding of a full quantum theory of gravity may emerge from this approach.
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Davies, P. Quantum field theory in curved space–time. Nature 263, 377–380 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263377a0
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