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Infrared surprises in the de Sitter universe

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-10-18 v1

Abstract

We describe a few unexpected features of de Sitter Quantum Field Theory that have no Minkowskian counterparts. These phenomena show that even when the cosmological constant is tiny a Minkowskian way of fast thinking about de Sitter can lead to mistakes and that de Sitter QFT is essentially different from standard relativistic (Minkowskian) QFT.

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@article{arxiv.1210.4815,
  title  = {Infrared surprises in the de Sitter universe},
  author = {Ugo Moschella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.4815},
  year   = {2012}
}