Schwinger effect by an SU(2) gauge field during inflation

DOI10.1007/JHEP02(2019)041MaRDI QIDQ1735554zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Eiichiro Komatsu, Kaloian D. Lozanov, Azadeh Maleknejad

Publication date 28 March 2019

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.09318

zbMATH Keywords

cosmology of theories beyond the SMnonperturbative effectsspontaneous symmetry breaking

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

Abstract: Non-Abelian gauge fields may exist during inflation. We study the Schwinger effect by an $SU(2)$ gauge field coupled to a charged scalar doublet in a (quasi) de Sitter background and the possible backreaction of the generated charged particles on the homogeneous dynamics. Contrary to the Abelian $U(1)$ case, we find that both the Schwinger pair production and the induced current decrease as the interaction strength increases. The reason for this suppression is the isotropic vacuum expectation value of the $SU(2)$ field which generates a (three times) greater effective mass for the scalar field than the $U(1)$. In the weak interaction limit, the above effect is negligible and both the $SU(2)$ and $U(1)$ cases exhibit a linear increase of the current and a constant conductivity with the interaction strength. We conclude that the Schwinger effect does not pose a threat to the dynamics of inflationary models involving an $SU(2)$ gauge field.

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