Quantum non-linear evolution of inflationary tensor perturbations

DOI10.1007/JHEP05(2019)021zbMATH Open1416.83153arXiv1903.12295WikidataQ64297120 ScholiaQ64297120MaRDI QIDQ2315674FDOQ2315674

Authors: Jinn-Ouk Gong, Minseok Seo 

Publication date: 25 July 2019

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

Abstract: We study the quantum mechanical evolution of the tensor perturbations during inflation with non-linear tensor interactions. We first obtain the Lindblad terms generated by non-linear interactions by tracing out unobservable sub-horizon modes. Then we calculate explicitly the reduced density matrix for the super-horizon modes, and show that the probability of maintaining the unitarity of the squeezed state decreases in time. The decreased probability is transferred to other elements of the reduced density matrix including off-diagonal ones, so the evolution of the reduced density matrix describes the quantum-to-classical transition of the tensor perturbations. This is different from the classicality accomplished by the squeezed state, the suppression of the non-commutative effect, which is originated from the quadratic, linear interaction, and also maintains the unitarity. The quantum-to-classical transition occurs within 5 - 10 e-folds, faster than the curvature perturbation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.12295

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmology of theories beyond the SMeffective field theoriesquantum mechanical evolutiontensor perturbations during inflation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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