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One-loop electromagnetic correlators of SQED in power-law inflation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-07-30 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We examine scalar quantum electrodynamics in power-law inflation space-time, and compute the one-loop correction to electric and magnetic field correlators at superhorizon separations. The effect at one-loop descends from the coupling of the vector to the charged scalar current which is greatly enhanced due to gravitational particle production. We conclude that non-perturbative effects must exist due to (i) secular growth, (ii) spatial running, and (iii) infrared sensitivity of the one-loop correction to the correlators. Electric and magnetic correlators exhibit a hierarchy that is due to Faraday's law and accelerated expansion, and must hold non-perturbatively.

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@article{arxiv.1909.11741,
  title  = {One-loop electromagnetic correlators of SQED in power-law inflation},
  author = {Dražen Glavan and Gerasimos Rigopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.11741},
  year   = {2024}
}

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29 pages, 5 figures; published version