Phenomenology of a massive quantum field in a cosmological quantum spacetime

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2020.168110zbMATH Open1434.81076arXiv1511.08823OpenAlexW3102671166MaRDI QIDQ2175158FDOQ2175158

Authors: Saeed Rastgoo, Yaser Tavakoli, Julio C. Fabris 

Publication date: 28 April 2020

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We revisit the quantum theory of a massive, minimally coupled scalar field, propagating on the Planck-era isotropic cosmological quantum spacetime which transitions to a classical spacetime in later times. The quantum effects modify the isotropic spacetime such that effectively it exhibits anisotropies. Thus, the interplay between this quantum background and modes of the field, when disregarding the backreactions, gives rise to a theory of a quantum field on an anisotropic, dressed spacetime. Different solutions are found whose components depend on the quantum fluctuations of the background geometry. We construct a formal expression for the power spectrum of the scalar field fluctuations on such anisotropic background. It is shown that the anisotropy of this power spectrum is due to the modified frequency of the propagating quantum modes. This provides a quantitative estimate for the deviations from the isotropic power spectrum which can lead to the potential observational signatures on the cosmic microwave background. In addition, the problem of particle production when transitioning from such an effective spacetime to a classical one is reexamined. It is shown that particles are created, and the expectation value of their number operator depends on the quantum geometry fluctuations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.08823

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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