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We demonstrate that there are no scale-invariant one-loop corrections to the superhorizon tensor perturbations from small-scale (potentially enhanced) scalar perturbations, irrespective of the details of inflationary background time…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-25 Yohei Ema , Muzi Hong , Ryusuke Jinno , Kyohei Mukaida

We present a consistent one-loop calculation for the inflationary tensor power spectrum in the presence of an excited spectator scalar field using the in-in formalism. We find that the super-horizon primordial power spectrum of the tensor…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-24 Atsuhisa Ota , Misao Sasaki , Yi Wang

In this paper, we calculate corrections of scalar perturbations spectra resulting from excited-de Sitter modes as the nontrivial initial states. To obtain these modes, we consider the asymptotic expansion of the Hankel functions up to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-29 E. Yusofi , M. Mohsenzadeh

We study the relation between two sets of correlators in interacting quantum field theory on de Sitter space. The first are correlators computed using in-in perturbation theory in the expanding cosmological patch of de Sitter space (also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-17 Atsushi Higuchi , Donald Marolf , Ian A. Morrison

Generalized Kerr-NUT-de Sitter spacetime is the most general spacetime which admits a rank-2 closed conformal Killing-Yano tensor. It contains the higher-dimensional Kerr-de Sitter black holes with partially equal angular momenta. We study…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Takeshi Oota , Yukinori Yasui

We obtain semiclassical gravity solutions in the Poincar\'e fundamental domain of $(3+1)$-dimensional Anti-de Sitter spacetime, PAdS$_4$, with a (massive or massless) Klein-Gordon field (with possibly non-trivial curvature coupling) with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-06 Benito A. Juárez-Aubry , Milton C. Mamani-Leqque

The higher-order corrections become increasingly important with experiments reaching sub-percent level of uncertainty as they look for physics beyond the Standard Model. Our goal is to address the full set of two-loop electroweak…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-12 A. Aleksejevs

We calculate one-loop correction to the two-point functions of curvature perturbation in single-field inflation generated by cubic self-interaction. Incorporating the observed red-tilted spectrum of curvature perturbation, the relevant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-05 Jason Kristiano , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

We find a coordinate-independent wave-packet solution of the massive Klein-Gordon equation with the conformal coupling to gravity in the de-Sitter universe. This solution can locally be represented through the superposition of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-05 V. A. Emelyanov

We develop integration-by-parts (IBP) reduction and differential equations for massive loop integrals of cosmological correlators in de Sitter (dS) spacetime, demonstrating the feasibility of this approach. We identify a structural property…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-21 Jiaqi Chen , Bo Feng , Zhehan Qin , Yi-Xiao Tao

The use of Eulerian 'standard perturbation theory' to describe mass assembly in the early universe has traditionally been limited to modes with k $\lesssim$ 0.1 h/Mpc at z = 0. At larger k the SPT power spectrum deviates from measurements…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-28 Lucía Fonseca de la Bella , Donough Regan , David Seery , Shaun Hotchkiss

Loop corrections to primordial correlation functions are unavoidable due to the non-linear nature of gravity. Previous works have established a robust framework for computing the renormalised one-loop power spectra of scalar and tensor…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-13 Matteo Braglia , Sebastián Céspedes , Lucas Pinol

Following arXiv:1501.03019 [hep-th], we study de Sitter space and spherical subregions on a constant boundary Euclidean time slice of the future boundary in the Poincare slicing. We show that as in that case, complex extremal surfaces exist…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-23 K. Narayan

A nice paper by Morrison demonstrates the recent convergence of opinion that has taken place concerning the graviton propagator on de Sitter background. We here discuss the few points which remain under dispute. First, the inevitable decay…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-09 S. P. Miao , P. J. Mora , N. C. Tsamis , R. P. Woodard

We construct a manifestly covariant and coordinate-free plane-wave representation of scalar two-point functions in $d$-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime. The construction is based on a new class of holomorphic plane waves defined…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-16 Ugo Moschella

Using an approach similar to arXiv:2409.15460, we give a new proof of the nonlinear stability of de Sitter space as a solution to the Einstein vacuum equations with positive cosmological constant in $n+1$ dimensions, with $n\geq3$. Using…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Maurus Leimbacher

We calculate the expectation value of the coincident product of two field strength tensors at two loop order in scalar electrodynamics on de Sitter background. The result agrees with the stochastic formulation which we have developed in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Tomislav Prokopec , Nicholas C. Tsamis , Richard P. Woodard

We explore two-point and four-point correlation functions of a massive scalar field on the flat de Sitter background in the long-wavelength approximation. By employing the Yang-Feldman-type equation, we compute the two-point correlation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-18 Alexander Kamenshchik , Polina Petriakova

Small-scale scalar perturbations amplified during inflation can induce primordial gravitational waves through tensor-scalar interactions. A long-standing controversial issue is whether the one-loop corrections to tensor perturbations exist…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-03 Cheng-Jun Fang , Han-Wen Hu , Zong-Kuan Guo

The renormalisation group improved Standard Model effective potential in an arbitrary curved spacetime is computed to one loop order in perturbation theory. The loop corrections are computed in the ultraviolet limit, which makes them…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-06-11 Tommi Markkanen , Sami Nurmi , Arttu Rajantie , Stephen Stopyra