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Free scalar fields in de Sitter space have a one-parameter family of states invariant under the de Sitter group, including the standard thermal vacuum. We show that, except for the thermal vacuum, these states are unphysical when…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Nemanja Kaloper , Matthew Kleban , Albion Lawrence , Stephen Shenker , Leonard Susskind

The effective Hamiltonian describing resonant interaction of an ensemble of identical quantum particles with a photon-free vacuum electromagnetic field has been obtained with allowance for the second-order terms over the coupling constant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-19 A. M. Basharov

We study the cosmic evolution of an interacting scalar field radiation model, in which a minimally coupled scalar field exchanges energy with the radiation sector through an exponential coupling. Extending previous formulations, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-01 Dorian Araya , Felipe Herrera , Nelson Videla

We describe an on-shell, amplitudes-based approach to incorporating radiation absorption effects in the post-Minkowskian scattering of generic, compact, spinning bodies. Classical spinning observables are recovered by extrapolating to large…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-05 Juan Pablo Gatica , Callum R. T. Jones

We explore the large angular scale temperature anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) due to homogeneous local dust-filled voids in a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe with a cosmological constant. In comparison with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kaiki Taro Inoue , Joseph Silk

Behaviour of a weekly self-interacting scalar field with a small mass in the de Sitter background is investigated using the stochastic approach (including the case of a double-well interaction potential). Existence of the de Sitter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 Alexei A. Starobinsky , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

We discuss a new scenario for early cosmology, when inflationary de Sitter phase dynamically emergent. This genuine quantum effect occurs as a result of dynamics of the topologically nontrivial sectors in a (conjectured) strongly coupled…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-08-13 Ariel R. Zhitnitsky

We consider a universe with a positive effective cosmological constant and a nonminimally coupled scalar field. When the coupling constant is negative, the scalar field exhibits linear growth at asymptotically late times, resulting in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-06 Dražen Glavan , Tomislav Prokopec

A closed mathematical model of the statistical self-gravitating system of scalar charged particles for conformal invariant scalar interactions is constructed on the basis of relativistic kinetics and gravitation theory. Asymptotic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-13 Yurii Ignat'ev

Motivated by recent experimental work on moir\'e systems in a strong magnetic field, we compute the compressibility as well as the spin correlations and Hofstadter spectrum of spinful electrons on a honeycomb lattice with Hubbard…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-18 Peizhi Mai , Edwin W. Huang , Jiachen Yu , Benjamin E. Feldman , Philip W. Phillips

We propose an emergent cosmological model rooted in the Asymptotically Safe antiscreening behavior of the Newton constant at Planckian energies. Distinguishing itself from prior approaches, our model encapsulates the variable nature of $G$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-01 Aknur Zholdasbek , Hrishikesh Chakrabarty , Daniele Malafarina , Alfio Bonanno

We study the back reaction effect of massless minimally coupled scalar field at finite temperatures in the background of Einstein universe. Substituting for the vacuum expectation value of the components of the energy-momentum tensor on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 M. B. Altaie , M. R. Setare

Several recent papers have suggested that the cosmological constant Lambda directly influences the gravitational deflection of light. We place this problem in a cosmological context, deriving an expression for the linear potentials which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-16 Fergus Simpson , John A. Peacock , Alan F. Heavens

We provide an analytical solution to the quantum dynamics of a flat Friedmann-Lema\^itre- Robertson-Walker model with a massless scalar field in the presence of a small and positive cosmological constant, in the context of Loop Quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-06 Mercedes Martín-Benito , Rita B. Neves

Quantum coherence in curved spacetime offers a fresh window into the interplay between gravity, thermality, and quantum resources. While previous work has shown that Markovian evolution can generate entanglement and other nonclassical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-06 Samira Elghaayda , Atta ur Rahman , Mostafa Mansour

A spin Hamiltonian, which characterizes interatomic interactions between spin moments, is highly valuable in predicting and comprehending the magnetic properties of materials. A deeper understanding of the microscopic origin of magnetic…

We explore the cosmological consequences of having the fluctuations of the inflaton field entangled with those of another scalar, within the context of a toy model consisting of non-interacting, minimally coupled scalars in a fixed de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Andreas Albrecht , Nadia Bolis , R. Holman

We introduce an elementary quantum system consisting of a set of spins on a graph and a particle hopping between its nodes. The quantum state is build sequentially, applying a unitary transformation that couples neighboring spins and, at a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Alberto D. Verga

We consider quantum decoherence and entropy increase in early universe cosmology. We first study decoherence in a discrete bipartite quantum system for which a single qubit gets entangled with an environment and the entropy increase is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-06 Sebastian Cespedes , Senarath de Alwis , Fernando Quevedo

The relativistic quantum motion of scalar bosons under the influence of a full vector (minimal $A^{\mu}$ and nonminimal $X^{\mu}$) and scalar ($V_{s}$) interactions embedded in the background of a cosmic string is explored in the context of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-10 Francisco A. Cruz Neto , Franciele M. da Silva , Luis C. N. Santos , Luis B. Castro