Published December 21, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Infrared propagator corrections for constant deceleration

  • 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/10.1088/0264-9381/25/24/245013

Additional 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