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We discuss several aspects of quantum field theory of a scalar field in a Friedmann universe, clarifying and highlighting several conceptual and technical issues. (A) We show that one can map the dynamics of (1) a massless scalar field in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-17 Kinjalk Lochan , Karthik Rajeev , Amit Vikram , T. Padmanabhan

We study the momentum-space entanglement between the sub- and super-Hubble modes of a spectator scalar field, with a cubic $\lambda \phi^3$ interaction, in de Sitter space. Momentum-space entanglement has some universal properties for any…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-28 Suddhasattwa Brahma , Jaime Calderón-Figueroa , Moatasem Hassan , Xuan Mi

Massless interacting scalar fields in de Sitter space have long been known to experience large fluctuations over length scales larger than Hubble distances. A similar situation arises in condensed matter physics in the vicinity of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-19 C. P. Burgess , R. Holman , L. Leblond , S. Shandera

The quantum states or Hilbert spaces for the quantum field theory in de Sitter space-time are studied on ambient space formalism. In this formalism, the quantum states are only depended $(1)$ on the topological character of the de Sitter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-27 M. V. Takook

Quantum field theories on de Sitter spacetime with global U(1) gauge symmetry are deformed using the joint action of the internal symmetry group and a one-parameter group of boosts. The resulting theory turns out to be wedge-local and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-11-03 Eric Morfa-Morales

The Euclidean or Bunch-Davies O(4,1) invariant 'vacuum' state of quantum fields in global de Sitter space is shown to be unstable to small perturbations, even for a massive free field with no self-interactions. There are perturbations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-28 Paul R. Anderson , Emil Mottola

We continue a previous study about the infrared loop effects in the $D$-dimensional de Sitter space for a real scalar $\phi^4$ theory from the complementary series whose bare mass belongs to the interval $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-12 E. T. Akhmedov , U. Moschella , K. E. Pavlenko , F. K. Popov

Information-theoretic methods have led to significant advances in nonperturbative quantum field theory in flat space. In this work, we show that these ideas can be generalized to field theories in a fixed de Sitter space. Focusing on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-22 Nicolás Abate , Gonzalo Torroba

We continue to investigate various instabilities of the fixed backgrounds related to the de Sitter space. It is shown that in many cases the in/in perturbation theory contains IR/UV mixing and thus is non-renormalizible. The application of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-09-20 A. M. Polyakov

de Sitter symmetry on quantum level implies that operators describing a given system satisfy commutation relations of the de Sitter algebra. This approach gives a new perspective on fundamental notions of quantum theory. We discuss…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-04-04 Felix M. Lev

We study quantum discord between two free modes of a massive scalar field in a maximally entangled state in de Sitter space. We introduce two observers, one in a global chart and the other in an open chart of de Sitter space, and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-28 Sugumi Kanno , Jonathan P. Shock , Jiro Soda

A quantum scalar field in anti de Sitter space is considered in two coordinate systems: static and FRW-like ones. It is shown that quantum vacua corresponding to each of these coordinatizations are not unitary equivalent. A choice of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-20 Slava Emelyanov

We apply the S-matrix formalism developed in Part I to the interacting scalar theory in four-dimensional de Sitter spacetime. The amplitudes are computed in the angular momentum basis, appropriate to the representations of $SO(1,4)$ de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-01 Tomasz R. Taylor , Bin Zhu

The effect of the spontaneous nucleation of black holes in de Sitter space is reviewed, and the main steps of the calculation in Nucl.Phys. B 582, 313, 2000 of the one-loop amplitude of this process are summarized. The existence of such an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Mikhail S. Volkov

Backreactions are considered in a de Sitter spacetime whose cosmological constant is generated by the potential of scalar field. The leading order gravitational effect of nonlinear matter fluctuations is analyzed and it is found that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Losic , W. G. Unruh

The quantum fluctuations of a test scalar field on superhorizon scale in de Sitter spacetime can be described by an effective one-dimensional stochastic theory corresponding to a particular class of nonequilibrium dynamical systems known as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-28 G. Moreau , J. Serreau

I argue against the widespread notion that manifest de Sitter invariance on the full de Sitter manifold is either useful or even attainable in gauge theories. Green's functions and propagators computed in a de Sitter invariant gauge are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 R. P. Woodard

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

We argue that if de Sitter space is indeed represented by a finite dimensional quantum system, then semi-classical considerations, combined with the fundamental principles of quantum measurement theory, imply that any theoretical model of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-14 Tom Banks

Perturbative quantum field theory in de Sitter space is known to give rise to a variety of contributions that diverge with time (secular terms). Despite significant progress, a complete understanding of the physical origin of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Daniel Green , Akhil Premkumar