Unitary evolution of free massless fields in de Sitter space-time

dc.creatorVergel, Daniel Gómez
dc.creatorVillaseñor, Eduardo J. S.
dc.date2007-12-10
dc.date2008-02-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:39:17Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:39:17Z
dc.descriptionWe consider the quantum dynamics of a massless scalar field in de Sitter space-time. The classical evolution is represented by a canonical transformation on the phase space for the field theory. By studying the corresponding Bogoliubov transformations, we show that the symplectic map that encodes the evolution between two instants of time cannot be unitarily implemented on any Fock space built from a SO(4)-symmetric complex structure. We will show also that, in contrast with some effectively lower dimensional examples arising from Quantum General Relativity such as Gowdy models, it is impossible to find a time dependent conformal redefinition of the massless scalar field leading to a quantum unitary dynamics.
dc.description20 pages. Comments and references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1421
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1421
dc.identifierClass.Quant.Grav.25:145008,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/14/145008
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199863
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleUnitary evolution of free massless fields in de Sitter space-time
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