One-loop corrections to the primordial tensor spectrum from massless isocurvature fields
Abstract
We study one-loop corrections to the two-point correlation function of tensor perturbations in primordial cosmology induced by massless spectator matter fields. Using the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism in cosmological perturbation theory, we employ dimensional regularization and cutoff regularization to study the finite quantum corrections at one-loop arising from isocurvature fields of the massless scalar, fermion and abelian gauge field which are freely propagating on the FRW spacetime. For all cases, we find a logarithmic running of the form where is a negative constant related to the beta function, is the Hubble parameter at horizon exit and is the renormalization scale.
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@article{arxiv.1907.07706,
title = {One-loop corrections to the primordial tensor spectrum from massless isocurvature fields},
author = {H. S. Tan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.07706},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
33 pages, 2 figures: improved discussion of the covariant cutoff regularization method, some reorganization of materials, references added