Late time solution for interacting scalar in accelerating spaces
Creators
- 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Spinoza Institute and EMME$\Phi$, Utrecht University, Postbus 80.195, Utrecht, 3508 TD The Netherlands (Netherlands)
Description
We consider stochastic inflation in an interacting scalar field in spatially homogeneous accelerating space-times with a constant principal slow roll parameter ε. We show that, if the scalar potential is scale invariant (which is the case when scalar contains quartic self-interaction and couples non-minimally to gravity), the late-time solution on accelerating FLRW spaces can be described by a probability distribution function (PDF) ρ which is a function of φ/H only, where φ=φ( x-vector ) is the scalar field and H=H(t) denotes the Hubble parameter. We give explicit late-time solutions for ρarrow ρ∞(φ/H), and thereby find the order ε corrections to the Starobinsky-Yokoyama result. This PDF can then be used to calculate e.g. various n-point functions of the (self-interacting) scalar field, which are valid at late times in arbitrary accelerating space-times with ε= constant
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/11/016Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 2015
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Journal Page Range
- p. 016
- ISSN
- 1475-7516
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 47096125
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CORRECTIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; POTENTIALS; PROBABILITY; SCALAR FIELDS; SCALARS; SPACE-TIME; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- FUNCTIONS; TENSORS