Bonus properties of states of low energy

DOI10.1063/5.0019311zbMATH Open1455.83013arXiv2006.08685OpenAlexW3094365106MaRDI QIDQ5141111FDOQ5141111

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Publication date: 17 December 2020

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

Abstract: States of Low Energy (SLE) are exact Hadamard states defined on arbitrary Friedmann-Lema^{i}tre spacetimes. They are constructed from a fiducial state by minimizing the Hamiltonian's expectation value after averaging with a temporal window function. We show the SLE to be expressible solely in terms of the (state independent) commutator function. They also admit a convergent series expansion in powers of the spatial momentum, both for massive and for massless theories. In the massless case the leading infrared behavior is found to be Minkowski-like for all scale factors. This provides a new cure for the infrared divergences in Friedmann-Lema^{i}tre spacetimes with accelerated expansion. In consequence, massless SLE are viable candidates for pre-inflationary vacua and in a soluble model are shown to entail a qualitatively correct primordial power spectrum.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.08685

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zbMATH Keywords

primordial power spectrumFriedmann-Lemaître spacetimes with accelerated expansionmassive and massless theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) Bosonic systems in quantum theory (81V73)

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