Propagators for gauge-invariant observables in cosmology

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AAB427zbMATH Open1391.83140arXiv1711.08470OpenAlexW2770003130WikidataQ130162225 ScholiaQ130162225MaRDI QIDQ3177411FDOQ3177411

Authors: Markus B. Fröb, William C. C. Lima 

Publication date: 25 July 2018

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We make a proposal for gauge-invariant observables in perturbative quantum gravity in cosmological spacetimes, building on the recent work of Brunetti et al. [JHEP 08 (2016) 032]. These observables are relational, and are obtained by evaluating the field operator in a field-dependent coordinate system. We show that it is possible to define this coordinate system such that the non-localities inherent in any higher-order observable in quantum gravity are causal, i.e., the value of the gauge-invariant observable at a point $x$ only depends on the metric and inflation perturbations in the past light cone of $x$. We then construct propagators for the metric and inflaton perturbations in a gauge adapted to that coordinate system, which simplifies the calculation of loop corrections, and give explicit expressions for relevant cases: matter- and radiation-dominated eras and slow-roll inflation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.08470

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zbMATH Keywords

perturbative quantum gravitypropagatorsslow-roll inflationrelational observables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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