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Point splitting renormalization of Schwinger induced current in de Sitter spacetime

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-07-20 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The covariant and gauge invariant calculation of the current expectation value in the homogeneous electric field in 1+3 dimensional de Sitter spacetime is shown. The result accords with previous work obtained by using adiabatic subtraction scheme. We therefore conclude the counterintuitive behaviors of the current in the infrared (IR) regime such as IR hyperconductivity and negative current are not artifacts of the renormalization scheme, but are real IR effects of the spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.1603.06172,
  title  = {Point splitting renormalization of Schwinger induced current in de Sitter spacetime},
  author = {Takahiro Hayashinaka and Jun'ichi Yokoyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.06172},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages, 4 figures