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Infrared Logarithms in Minisuperspace Inflation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-05-23 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We examine the emergence of the infrared logarithms in the cosmological perturbation theory applied to the minisuperspace scalar slow-roll inflation. Not surprisingly, in the single scalar field model the curvature perturbation ζ\zeta is conserved and no lnaB\ln a_B behavior appears, where aB(t)a_B(t) is the background scale factor of the universe. On the other hand, in the presence of a spectator scalar the nn'th order perturbation theory gives an (lnaB)n(\ln a_B)^n correction to ζ\zeta. However, a nonperturbative estimate shows that ζ\zeta actually becomes the sum of a constant and a mildly evolving lnaB\ln a_B pieces.

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@article{arxiv.1801.02034,
  title  = {Infrared Logarithms in Minisuperspace Inflation},
  author = {Ali Kaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.02034},
  year   = {2018}
}

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v2: 15 pages, revtex4-1, comments and references added, to appear in Phys. Lett. B

R2 v1 2026-06-22T23:38:08.716Z