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We derive the leading quantum corrections to the gravitational potentials in a de Sitter background, due to the vacuum polarization from loops of conformal fields. Our results are valid for arbitrary conformal theories, even strongly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-25 Markus B. Fröb , Enric Verdaguer

We treat a model in which tensor perturbations of de~Sitter spacetime, represented as a spatially flat model, are modified by the effects of the vacuum fluctuations of a massless conformally invariant field, such as the electromagnetic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-05 Jen-Tsung Hsiang , L. H. Ford , Da-Shin Lee , Hoi-Lai 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

The stochastic effective theory approach, often called stochastic inflation, is widely used in cosmology to describe scalar field dynamics during inflation. The existing formulations are, however, more qualitative than quantitative because…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-29 Archie Cable , Arttu Rajantie

We consider the consequences of global higher-spin symmetries in quantum field theories on a fixed de Sitter background of spacetime dimension $D \ge 3$. These symmetries enhance the symmetry group associated with the isometries of the de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-22 Renato Costa , Ian A. Morrison

We propose a new deformed Rieffel product for functions in de Sitter spacetime, and study the resulting deformation of quantum field theory in de Sitter using warped convolutions. This deformation is obtained by embedding de Sitter in a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-15 M. B. Fröb , A. Much

Correlators of large-scale fluctuations produced during cosmic inflation are major observables of inflationary cosmology. In cosmological collider physics, many interesting correlators are generated through loop processes. However,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-15 Hongyu Zhang

We generalize Integration-By-Parts (IBP) and differential equations methods to de Sitter correlators related to inflation. While massive correlators in de Sitter spacetime are usually regarded as highly intricate, we find they have…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-29 Jiaqi Chen , Bo Feng

We exploit a recent computation of one graviton loop corrections to the self-mass [1] to quantum-correct the field equation for a massless, conformally coupled scalar on a de Sitter background. With the obvious choice for the finite part of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-02 D. Glavan , S. P. Miao , T. Prokopec , R. P. Woodard

We study the radiation emitted by inertial charge evolving on the expanding de Sitter spacetime. Performing a perturbative calculation, within scalar quantum electrodynamics (sQED), we obtain the transition amplitude for the process and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-12 Robert Blaga , Sergiu Busuioc

We consider the linearized semiclassical Einstein equations for small deviations around de Sitter spacetime including the vacuum polarization effects of conformal fields. Employing the method of order reduction, we find the exact solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-06-06 Markus B. Fröb , Demetrios B. Papadopoulos , Albert Roura , Enric Verdaguer

Quantum field theory in the $4$-dimensional de Sitter space-time is constructed in the ambient space formalism in a rigorous mathematical framework. This work is based on the group representation theory and the analyticity of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-21 Mohammad Vahid Takook

The scale invariance of the quantum fluctuations in de Sitter space leads to the appearance of de Sitter symmetry breaking infra-red logarithms in the graviton propagator. We investigate physical effects of soft gravitons on the local…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-06-14 Hiroyuki Kitamoto , Yoshihisa Kitazawa

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

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

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

We analyze the class of models where a suitable coupling between the inflaton field and the vector field gives rise to scale-invariant vector perturbations. We exploit the fact that the de Sitter isometry group acts as conformal group on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Matteo Biagetti , Alex Kehagias , Enrico Morgante , Hideki Perrier , Antonio Riotto

Before we ask what the quantum gravity theory is, it is a legitimate quest to formulate a robust quantum field theory in curved spacetime (QFTCS). Several conceptual problems, especially unitarity loss (pure states evolving into mixed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-31 K. Sravan Kumar , João Marto

We derive a systematic treatment of one-loop effective potentials for interacting scalar fields in curved spacetimes, providing a general formula valid in arbitrary geometries and explicit results for de Sitter and anti-de Sitter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-03 Alfio Bonanno , Sergio Luigi Cacciatori , Ugo Moschella

We investigate cosmological correlators for conformally coupled $\phi^4$ theory in four-dimensional de Sitter space. These \textit{in-in} correlators differ from scattering amplitudes for massless particles in flat space due to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-01 Chandramouli Chowdhury , Arthur Lipstein , Jiajie Mei , Ivo Sachs , Pierre Vanhove