Approximations to the Stress-Energy Tensor for Scalar Fields in Static Black Hole Spacetimes

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Tab analytic - The analytic approximation which can be used for massless and small mass scalar fields in static spherically symmetric spacetimes.

Tab DS -  The DeWitt-Schwinger approximation for massive scalar fields in static spherically symmetric spacetimes.

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