Influence functional approach to decoherence during Inflation
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-25 v1
Abstract
We show how the quantum to classical transition of the cosmological fluctuations produced during inflation can be described by means of the influence functional and the master equation. We split the inflaton field into the system-field (long-wavelength modes), and the environment, represented by its own short-wavelength modes. We compute the decoherence times for the system-field modes and compare them with the other time scales of the model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0412069,
title = {Influence functional approach to decoherence during Inflation},
author = {Fernando C. Lombardo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0412069},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
6 pages, no figures. Contributed talk to the Second International Workshop DICE2004, Piombino, Italy