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Quantum Scalar Field in D-dimensional de Sitter Spacetimes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-30 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

In this work we investigate the quantum theory of scalar fields propagating in a DD-dimensional de Sitter spacetime. The method of dynamic invariants is used to obtain the solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation. The quantum behavior of the scalar field in this background is analyzed, and the results generalize previous ones found in the literature. We point that the Bunch-Davies thermal bath depends on the choice of DD and the conformal parameter ξ\xi. This is important in extra dimension physics, as in the Randall-Sundrum model.

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@article{arxiv.1110.0481,
  title  = {Quantum Scalar Field in D-dimensional de Sitter Spacetimes},
  author = {G. Alencar and I. Guedes and R. R. Landim and R. N. Costa Filho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.0481},
  year   = {2015}
}

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9 pages

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