Representing the Graviton Self-Energy on de Sitter Background [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.0896


We derive a noncovariant but simple representation for the self-energy of a conformally transformed graviton field on the cosmological patch of de Sitter. Our representation involves four structure functions, as opposed to the two that would be necessary for a manifestly de Sitter invariant representation. We work out what the four structure functions are for the one loop correction due to a massless, minimally coupled scalar. And we employ the result to work out what happens to dynamical gravitons.

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K. Leonard, S. Park, T. Prokopec, et. al.
Wed, 5 Mar 14
69/75