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Classical and quantum evolution of inflationary fluctuations

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We compare the correlation functions of inflationary perturbations computed either with quantum or classical dynamics. Even if they are enforced to agree at a specific time during inflation, classical and quantum correlations will differ at the end of inflation, provided that interactions are relevant. The difference between the results of the classical and quantum computations is exponentially sensitive to the number of e-folds elapsed from the time of agreement. We illustrate this finding with the tree-level bispectrum of the primordial curvature fluctuation and the one-loop power spectrum of tensor modes. We also show that classical evolution from a finite time does not imply the appearance of poles in the scalar bispectrum.

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gr-qc 2 hep-ph 1

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2026 3

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Stochastic scalar-tensor inflation and beyond

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A Landscape of Cosmological Decoherence

gr-qc · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A geometric landscape of mixed states for cosmological perturbations unifies decoherence models and derives non-linearity bounds that rule out decohered thermal states and limit amplitude-diagonal models to under 70 e-folds of inflation.

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  • Stochastic scalar-tensor inflation and beyond gr-qc · 2026-06-05 · unverdicted · none · ref 126 · internal anchor

    Extends the stochastic inflation formalism to a wide class of scalar-tensor theories by mapping EFT of dark energy coefficients to stochastic equations of motion.

  • A Landscape of Cosmological Decoherence gr-qc · 2026-06-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 60 · internal anchor

    A geometric landscape of mixed states for cosmological perturbations unifies decoherence models and derives non-linearity bounds that rule out decohered thermal states and limit amplitude-diagonal models to under 70 e-folds of inflation.