Abstract
We employ a fully renormalized computation of the one loop contribution to the self-mass-squared of the conformally coupled (CC) scalar interacting with gravitons during inflation to study how inflationary produced gravitons affect the CC scalar evolution equation. The quantum corrected scalar mode functions turn out to get a secular growth effect, proportional to a logarithm of the scale factor at late times.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 105003 |
Journal | Physical Review D |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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