Quantum effects in the early universe. II. Effective action for scalar fields in homogeneous cosmologies with small anisotropy

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Abstract
The one-loop contributions of conformally invariant scalar fields to the effective action are calculated for homogeneous cosmological models with small anisotropy. The dynamical equations which determine the classical geometry are displayed and the matrix elements of the stress-energy tensor between the initial and final vacuums are determined.