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Decoherence during Inflation: the generation of classical inhomogeneities

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We show how the quantum to classical transition of the cosmological fluctuations produced during inflation can be described by means of the influence functional and the master equation. We split the inflaton field into the system-field (long-wavelength modes), and the environment, represented by its own short-wavelength modes. We compute the decoherence times for the system-field modes and compare them with the other time scales of the model. We present the renormalized stochastic Langevin equation for an homogeneous system-field and then we analyze the influence of the environment on the power spectrum for some modes in the system.

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Quantum Stochastic Inflation

hep-th · 2026-06-10 · unverdicted · novelty 8.0

Stochastic inflation emerges as GKLS open-system dynamics from tracing entangled modes entering a coarse-grained de Sitter patch, reproducing the classical phase-space Fokker-Planck equation.

Gauging Open EFTs from the top down

hep-th · 2025-12-18 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Derives gauge-invariant influence functionals for photons and Stueckelberg fields in open U(1) gauge EFTs via BRST on the in-in contour after integrating out matter.

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  • Quantum Stochastic Inflation hep-th · 2026-06-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 12 · internal anchor

    Stochastic inflation emerges as GKLS open-system dynamics from tracing entangled modes entering a coarse-grained de Sitter patch, reproducing the classical phase-space Fokker-Planck equation.

  • Stochastic inflation as an open quantum system II: open effective field theory and stochastic matching hep-th · 2026-05-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 141 · 2 links · internal anchor

    Constructs open EFT for stochastic inflation with stochastic RG channel, nonlocal Wilson kernels, and derived master equations matched to full theory via method-of-regions.

  • Gauging Open EFTs from the top down hep-th · 2025-12-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 47 · internal anchor

    Derives gauge-invariant influence functionals for photons and Stueckelberg fields in open U(1) gauge EFTs via BRST on the in-in contour after integrating out matter.