Covariant two point function for minimally coupled scalar field in de Sitter space-time

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2000-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0005020v2

Mod.Phys.Lett. A16 (2001) 1691-1698

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

7 pages, LaTex; some details added

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In a recent paper [1], it has been shown that negative norm states are indispensable for a fully covariant quantization of the minimally coupled scalar field in de Sitter space. Their presence, while leaving unchanged the physical content of the theory, offers an automatic and covariant renormalization of the vacuum energy divergence. This paper is a completion of our previous work. An explicit construction of the covariant two-point function of the ``massless'' minimally coupled scalar field in de Sitter space is given, which is free of any infrared divergence. The associated Schwinger commutator function and retarded Green's function are calculated in a fully gauge invariant way, which also means coordinate independent.

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