On the One Loop Corrections to Inflation II: The Consistency Relation
| dc.creator | Sloth, Martin S. | |
| dc.date | 2006-12-14 | |
| dc.date | 2007-08-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T11:23:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T11:23:23Z | |
| dc.description | In this paper we extend our previous treatment of the one-loop corrections to inflation. Previously we calculated the one-loop corrections to the background and the two-point correlation function of inflaton fluctuations in a specific model of chaotic inflation. We showed that the loop corrections depend on the total number of e-foldings and estimated that the effect could be as large as a few percent in a lambda-phi-four model of chaotic inflation. In the present paper we generalize the calculations to general inflationary potentials. We find that effect can be as large as 70% in the simplest model of chaotic inflation with a quadratic inflationary potential. We discuss the physical interpretation of the effect in terms of the tensor-to-scalar consistency relation. Finally, we discuss the relation to the work of Weinberg on quantum contributions to cosmological correlators. | |
| dc.description | 21 pages, 4 figures. v2: IR approximation corrected, references added. v3: typos corrected | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0612138 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0612138 | |
| dc.identifier | Nucl.Phys.B775:78-94,2007 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.04.012 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194872 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | On the One Loop Corrections to Inflation II: The Consistency Relation | |
| dc.type | text |