The Vacuum of de~Sitter Space

dc.creatorDolgov, A. D.
dc.creatorEinhorn, M. B.
dc.creatorZakharov, V. I.
dc.date1994-05-10
dc.date1994-05-13
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dc.descriptionTo resolve infrared problems with the de~Sitter invariant vacuum, we argue that the history of the de~Sitter phase is crucial. We illustrate how either (1)~the diagonalization of the Hamiltonian for long-wavelength modes or (2)~an explicit modification of the metric in the distant past leads to natural infrared cutoffs. The former case resembles a bosonic superconductor in which graviton-pairing occurs between non-adiabatic modes. While the dynamical equations respect de~Sitter symmetry, the vacuum is not de~Sitter invariant because of the introduction of an initial condition at a finite time. The implications for the one-loop stress tensor and the production of particles are also discussed.
dc.description31 pages, no figures, UM-TH-94-14. (Compile twice with LaTeX.) Amended 5/13/94 to add a citation
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9405026
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9405026
dc.identifierActa Phys.Polon. B26 (1995) 65-90
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/147695
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleThe Vacuum of de~Sitter Space
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