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The stochastic approach to calculating scalar correlation functions in de Sitter spacetime is extended beyond the overdamped "slow roll" approximation. We show that with the correct noise term, it reproduces the exact asymptotic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-22 Archie Cable , Arttu Rajantie

We investigate the one-loop effective action for a test scalar field in a general Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) background, specifically focusing on quantum corrections up to the second order in the interaction strength. By…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-02 Will Cerne , Teruaki Suyama

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

Light scalars in inflationary spacetimes suffer from logarithmic infrared divergences at every order in perturbation theory. This corresponds to the scalar field values in different Hubble patches undergoing a random walk of quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-22 Matthew Baumgart , Raman Sundrum

Cosmological observables of the primordial universe are encoded in the late-time field-theoretic wavefunction. For shift-symmetric scalars in de Sitter, a good approximation for many inflationary models, the wavefunction must be purely real…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-11 Alexander Farren , Ciaran McCulloch , Enrico Pajer , Xi Tong

We investigate the initial state of the inflationary universe. In our recent publications, we showed that requesting the gauge invariance in the local observable universe to the initial state guarantees the infrared (IR) regularity of loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-06-21 Takahiro Tanaka , Yuko Urakawa

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 consider the most general loop integral that appears in non-relativistic effective field theories with no light particles. The divergences of this integral are in correspondence with simple poles in the space of complex space-time…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 D. R. Phillips , S. R. Beane , M. C. Birse

We provide a general formalism to calculate the infrared correlators of multiple interacting scalar fields in the de Sitter space by means of the stochastic approach. These scalar fields are treated as test fields and hence our result is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Hayato Motohashi , Teruaki Suyama , Jun'ichi Yokoyama

We study the backreaction of gravitationally amplified quantum fluctuations of scalar fields on a classical de Sitter geometry. We formulate the problem in the framework of the Wilsonian renormalisation group, which allows us to treat the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 G. Moreau , J. Serreau

We consider dynamics of the massive minimally coupled scalar field theory in an expanding Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker universe. We consider the standard toy model of the conformally flat space-time where the conformal factor becomes…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-31 E. T. Akhmedov , P. A. Anempodistov

We calculate one--loop corrections to the vertexes and propagators of photons and charged particles in the strong electric field backgrounds. We use the Schwinger--Keldysh diagrammatic technique. We observe that photon's Keldysh propagator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 E. T. Akhmedov , N. Astrakhantsev , F. K. Popov

We reexamine the regularization of the two-point function of a scalar field in a Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spacetime. Adiabatic regularization provides a set of subtraction terms in momentum space that successfully remove…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-30 Antonio Ferreiro , Francisco Torrenti

The ultraviolet regularisation of Yukawa theory in de Sitter space is considered. We rederive the one-loop effective Candelas-Raine potentials, such that they agree with the corresponding Coleman-Weinberg potentials in flat space. Within…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Bjorn Garbrecht

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

It is known that in the theory of light scalar fields during inflation, correlation functions suffer from infrared (IR) divergences or large IR loop corrections, leading to the breakdown of perturbation theory. In order to understand the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-28 Junsei Tokuda , Takahiro Tanaka

The loop expansion is applied to a chiral effective hadronic lagrangian; with the techniques of Infrared Regularization, it is possible to separate out the short-range contributions and to write them as local products of fields that are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Jeff McIntire , Ying Hu , Brian D. Serot

We consider an infrared truncated massless minimally coupled scalar field with a quartic self-interaction in the locally de Sitter background of an inflating universe. We compute the two-point correlation function of the scalar at one and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 V. K. Onemli

The r\^ole of string loop corrections on the existence of de Sitter vacua and the moduli stabilization problem is examined in type IIB effective theories. The fundamental building blocks are a minimum of three intersecting D7 brane stacks,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-21 Vasileios Basiouris , George K. Leontaris

It has been shown that the negative norm states necessarily appear in a covariant quantization of the free minimally coupled scalar field in de Sitter space [1,2]. In this process ultraviolet and infrared divergences have been automatically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Mohammad Vahid Takook