Quantum field corrections to the equation of state of freely streaming matter in the Friedman–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker space-time

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ACE495MaRDI QIDQ6112482zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors F. Becattini

Publication date 7 August 2023

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.05518

zbMATH Keywords

cosmologyFriedman-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker space-timekinetic theoryquantum fields in curved spacetimerelativistic Boltzmann equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We calculate the energy density and pressure for a scalar field after its decoupling from a thermal bath in the spatially flat Friedman-Robertson-Walker space-time, within the framework of quantum statistical mechanics. By using the density operator determined by the condition of local thermodynamic equilibrium, we determine the mean value of the stress-energy tensor of a real scalar field by subtracting the vacuum expectation value at the time of the decoupling. The obtained expressions of energy density and pressure involve corrections with respect to the classical free-streaming solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation, which may become relevant even at long times.

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