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Title: Quantum gravity corrections to the one loop scalar self-mass during inflation

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)

We compute the one loop corrections from quantum gravity to the self-mass-squared of a massless, minimally coupled scalar on a locally de Sitter background. The calculation was done using dimensional regularization and renormalized by subtracting fourth order BPHZ (Bogoliubov-Parasiuk-Hepp-Zimmerman) counterterms. Our result should determine whether quantum gravitational loop corrections can significantly alter the dynamics of a scalar inflaton.

OSTI ID:
21024030
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 76, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.124005; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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