A graviton propagator for inflation

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/5/055007MaRDI QIDQ5454614zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tomas Janssen, T. Prokopec

Publication date 31 March 2008

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3919

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: We construct the scalar and graviton propagator in quasi de Sitter space up to first order in the slow roll parameter $epsilonequiv-dotH/H^2$. After a rescaling, the propagators are similar to those in de Sitter space with an $epsilon$ correction to the effective mass. The limit $epsilono0$ corresponds to the E(3) vacuum that breaks de Sitter symmetry, but does not break spatial isotropy and homogeneity. The new propagators allow for a self-consistent, dynamical study of quantum back-reaction effects during inflation.

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