Quantum Gravity Corrections to the One Loop Scalar Self-Mass during Inflation

dc.creatorKahya, E. O.
dc.creatorWoodard, R. P.
dc.date2007-09-04
dc.date2007-11-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:19:05Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:19:05Z
dc.descriptionWe compute the one loop corrections from quantum gravity to the self-mass-squared of a massless, minimally coupled scalar on a locally de Sitter background. The calculation was done using dimensional regularization and renormalized by subtracting fourth order BPHZ counterterms. Our result should determine whether quantum gravitational loop corrections can significantly alter the dynamics of a scalar inflaton.
dc.description47 pages, 3 figures, 20 tables, uses LaTeX 2 epsilon, version 2 revised for publication in Physical Review D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0536
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0536
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:124005,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.124005
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193565
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleQuantum Gravity Corrections to the One Loop Scalar Self-Mass during Inflation
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