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One-loop corrections to the primordial tensor spectrum from massless isocurvature fields

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-11-02 v4 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

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 Cq3H4Mp4log(Hμ)\frac{C}{q^3} \, \frac{H^4}{M^4_p} \log \left( \frac{H}{\mu } \right) where CC is a negative constant related to the beta function, HH is the Hubble parameter at horizon exit and μ\mu 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