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

DOI10.1007/JHEP02(2019)041zbMATH Open1411.83159arXiv1805.09318OpenAlexW2804975358WikidataQ128436824 ScholiaQ128436824MaRDI QIDQ1735554FDOQ1735554

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)

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.

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

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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)

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