Particle propagation in cosmological backgrounds

Details Particle propagation in cosmological backgrounds Particle propagation in cosmological backgrounds

2007-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/0704.0456v1

J.Phys.A40:6901-6906,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

7 pages. To appear in the proceedings of the IRGAC 2006 conference

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/40/25/S37

We study the quantum propagation of particles in cosmological backgrounds, by considering a doublet of massive scalar fields propagating in an expanding universe, possibly filled with radiation. We focus on the dissipative effects related to the expansion rate. At first order, we recover the expected result that the decay rate is determined by the local temperature. Beyond linear order, the decay rate has an additional contribution governed by the expansion parameter. This latter contribution is present even for stable particles in the vacuum. Finally, we analyze the long time behaviour of the propagator and briefly discuss applications to the trans-Planckian question.

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