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We study finite-coupling effects of QFT on a rigid de Sitter (dS) background taking the $O(N)$ vector model at large $N$ as a solvable example. Extending standard large $N$ techniques to the dS background, we analyze the phase structure and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-05 Lorenzo Di Pietro , Victor Gorbenko , Shota Komatsu

In this paper, we explore correlators of a series of theories in anti-de Sitter space: we present comprehensive results for interactions involving scalars, gluons, and gravitons in multiple dimensions. One aspect of our investigation is the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-05 Soner Albayrak , Savan Kharel , Xinkang Wang

We provide a parametric representation for position-space Feynman integrals of a massive, self-interacting scalar field in deSitter spacetime, for an arbitrary graph. The expression is given as a multiple contour integral over a kernel…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-12-06 Stefan Hollands

We present a comprehensive discussion of tree-level holographic $4$-point functions of scalar operators in momentum space. We show that each individual Witten diagram satisfies the conformal Ward identities on its own and is thus a valid…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-15 Adam Bzowski , Paul McFadden , Kostas Skenderis

In cosmology, correlation functions on a late-time boundary can arise from both field redefinitions and bulk interactions, which are usually believed to generate distinct results. In this letter, we propose a counterexample showcasing that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-01 Donggang Wang , Xiangwei Wang , Yi Wang , Wenqi Yu

We combine spectral- and split representations to factorize multi-loop momentum space diagrams, in the Schwinger-Keldysh formulation for cosmological correlators, with massive scalars in the loop. This allows us to extend the resummation of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-11 Jonathan Gräfe , Ivo Sachs

We compute the late-time correlation functions on three-dimensional de Sitter spacetime for a higher-spin gravity theory. For this, we elaborate on the formulation to obtain the wave functional of universe from a dual conformal field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-22 Heng-Yu Chen , Shi Chen , Yasuaki Hikida

We propose a worldsheet formula for tree-level correlation functions describing a scalar field with arbitrary mass and quartic self-interaction in de Sitter space, which is a simple model for inflationary cosmology. The correlation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-21 Humberto Gomez , Renann Lipinski Jusinskas , Arthur Lipstein

The calculation of loop corrections to the correlation functions of quantum fields during inflation or in the de~Sitter background presents greater challenges than in flat space due to the more complicated form of the mode functions. While…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-13 Martin Beneke , Patrick Hager , Andrea F. Sanfilippo

We study quantum field theory on a de Sitter spacetime dS$_{d+1}$ background. Our main tool is the Hilbert space decomposition in irreducible unitary representations of its isometry group $SO(d+1,1)$. As the first application of the Hilbert…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-07 Matthijs Hogervorst , João Penedones , Kamran Salehi Vaziri

We find the general solution of the conformal Ward identities for scalar $n$-point functions in momentum space and in general dimension. The solution is given in terms of integrals over $(n-1)$-simplices in momentum space. The $n$ operators…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-01 Adam Bzowski , Paul McFadden , Kostas Skenderis

In this work, we investigate how cosmological correlators can be reconstructed by applying the momentum-space dispersion formula to their discontinuities, treating them as functions of momentum variables associated with the corresponding de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-06 Shibam Das , Debanjan Karan , Babli Khatun , Nilay Kundu

We study non-equilibrium initial states of quantum fields in curved space-time and develop a framework for describing global quenches as unitary perturbations of the initial density matrix. Using the Keldysh-Schwinger functional integral,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-18 Ivan A. Belkovich , Damir Sadekov , Gleb S. Zverev

We illustrate the power and efficiency of a recently uncovered Mellin-space approach to AdS/CFT correlation functions by providing a universal formula for the 4-scalar graviton-exchange Witten diagram, for arbitrary CFT-dual scaling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-11-20 Gregory Giecold

Cosmological correlators encode statistical properties of the initial conditions of our universe. Mathematically, they can often be written as Mellin integrals of a certain rational function associated to graphs, namely the flat space…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Claudia Fevola , Guilherme L. Pimentel , Anna-Laura Sattelberger , Tom Westerdijk

Non-relativistic conformal field theory describes many-body physics at unitarity. The correlation functions of the system are fixed by the requirement of conformal invariance. In this article, we discuss the correlation functions of scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-02 Rajesh Kumar Gupta , Meenu

In this paper, we propose a new method for evaluating scalar one-loop Feynman integrals in generalized D-dimension. The calculations play an important building block for two-loop and higher-loop corrections to the processes at future…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-07-10 Khiem Hong Phan

An introductory, self-contained overview, with pedagogical figures, is provided to acquaint readers unfamiliar with the subjects with key aspects of de Sitter space and inflation. The connection between de Sitter space and cosmology is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-30 Eyad H. Al-Samra

We consider the Carrollian conformal field theories involving scalar operators in the momentum representation. The momentum space Ward identities are explicitly solved to obtain the different branches of 2 and 3 point Carrollian conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-09 Raffaele Marotta , Arvind Shekar , Mritunjay Verma

We compute the Mellin transforms of various two-dimensional integrable $S$-matrices, providing the first explicit, non-perturbative realizations of celestial CFT. In two dimensions, the Mellin transform is simply the Fourier transform in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-22 Daniel Kapec , Adam Tropper