English

Scalar quantum fields in cosmologies with 2+1 spacetime dimensions

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-06-22 v2 Quantum Gases

Abstract

Motivated by the possibility to use Bose-Einstein condensates as quantum simulators for spacetime curvature, we study a massless relativistic scalar quantum field in spatially curved Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker universes with d=2+1d=2+1 spacetime dimensions. In particular, we investigate particle production caused by a time-dependent background geometry, by means of the spectrum of fluctuations and several two-point field correlation functions. We derive new analytical results for several expansion scenarios.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2202.10440,
  title  = {Scalar quantum fields in cosmologies with 2+1 spacetime dimensions},
  author = {Natalia Sánchez-Kuntz and Álvaro Parra-López and Mireia Tolosa-Simeón and Tobias Haas and Stefan Floerchinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.10440},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

17 pages, 6 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-24T09:48:25.999Z