Infrared propagator corrections for constant deceleration
Creators
- 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics and Spinoza Institute, Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4, Postbus 80.195, 3508 TD Utrecht (Netherlands)
- 2. Department of Physics, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 (United States)
Description
We derive the propagator for a massless, minimally coupled scalar on a D-dimensional, spatially flat, homogeneous and isotropic background with arbitrary constant deceleration parameter. Our construction uses the operator formalism by integrating the Fourier mode sum. We give special attention to infrared corrections from the nonzero lower limit associated with working on finite spatial sections. These corrections eliminate infrared divergences that would otherwise be incorrectly treated by dimensional regularization, resulting in off-coincidence divergences for those special values of the deceleration parameter at which the infrared divergence is logarithmic. As an application we compute the expectation value of the scalar stress-energy tensor
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245013Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245013;
- PII
- S0264-9381(08)89903-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 25
- Journal Issue
- 24
- Journal Page Range
- [22 p.]
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40075021
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATION; CORRECTIONS; EXPECTATION VALUE; INFRARED DIVERGENCES; PROPAGATOR; SCALARS; STRESSES; TENSORS