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An Exact Solution to the Quantized Electromagnetic Field in D-dimensional de Sitter Spacetimes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-12-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In this work we investigate the quantum theory of light propagating in DD-dimensional de Sitter spacetimes. To do so, we use the method of dynamic invariants to obtain the solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation. The quantum behavior of the electromagnetic field in this background is analyzed. As the electromagnetism loses its conformality in D4D\neq4, we point that there will be particle production and comoving objects will feel a Bunch-Davies thermal bath. This may become important in extra dimension physics and raises the intriguing possibility that precise measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background could verify the existence of extra dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.1107.2558,
  title  = {An Exact Solution to the Quantized Electromagnetic Field in D-dimensional de Sitter Spacetimes},
  author = {G. Alencar and I. Guedes and R. R. Landim and R. N. Costa Filho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.2558},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

10 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1110.0481

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