On Thermalization in de Sitter Space

Details On Thermalization in de Sitter Space On Thermalization in de Sitter Space

2003-09-16

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0309163v3

JHEP 0403 (2004) 036

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

14 pages, 2 figures, latex, references added. Improved discussion in section 3 added

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2004/03/036

We discuss thermalization in de Sitter space and argue, from two different points of view, that the typical time needed for thermalization is of order $R^{3}/l_{pl}^{2}$, where $R$ is the radius of the de Sitter space in question. This time scale gives plenty of room for non-thermal deviations to survive during long periods of inflation. We also speculate in more general terms on the meaning of the time scale for finite quantum systems inside isolated boxes, and comment on the relation to the Poincar\'{e} recurrence time.

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