Quantum gravity corrections to the conformally coupled scalar self-mass-squared on de Sitter background. II. Kinetic conformal cross terms

Sibel Boran*, Emre Onur Kahya, Sohyun Park

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Abstract

The present work is the second part of a series of computations for the self-mass-squared of the conformally coupled (CC) scalar interacting with gravitons. This work includes the kinetic-kinetic and kinetic-conformal parts, and thus completes the full scalar self-mass-squared at one loop order in de Sitter background when combined with the conformal-conformal part previously evaluated. We use dimensional regularization and renormalize the results by subtracting appropriate counterterms. The self-mass squared is finally ready to quantum-correct the CC scalar field equation so that one can study the effect of inflationary produced gravitons on the CC scalar and its observational consequences.

Original languageEnglish
Article number025001
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume96
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2017

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