Curved space equilibration versus flat space thermalization: a short review

DOI10.1142/S0217732321300202MaRDI QIDQ5067231zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Emil T. Akhmedov

Publication date 1 April 2022

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.05039

zbMATH Keywords

de Sitterquantum fields in curved spacetimeout of equilibrium quantum field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Diffusive and convective heat and mass transfer, heat flow (80A19) Compactifications; symmetric and spherical varieties (14M27) Minkowski geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry (51B20) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47)

Abstract: We discuss equilibration process in expanding universes as compared to the thermalization process in Minkowski space--time. The final goal is to answer the following question: Is the equilibrium reached before the rapid expansion stops and quantum effects have a negligible effect on the background geometry or stress--energy fluxes in a highly curved early Universe have strong effects on the expansion rate and the equilibrium is reached only after the drastic decrease of the space--time curvature? We argue that consideration of more generic non--invariant states in theories with invariant actions is a necessary ingredient to understand quantum field dynamics in strongly curved backgrounds. We are talking about such states in which correlation functions are not functions of such isometry invariants as geodesic distances, while having correct UV behaviour. The reason to consider such states is the presence of IR secular memory effects for generic time dependent backgrounds, which are totally absent in equilibrium. These effects strongly affect the destiny of observables in highly curved space--times.

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