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Factorization and polarization in linearized gravity

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We investigate all the four-body graviton interaction processes: $gX\rightarrow \gamma X$, $gX\rightarrow gX$, and $gg\rightarrow gg$ with $X$ as an elementary particle of spin less than two in the context of linearized gravity except the spin-3/2 case. We show explicitly that gravitational gauge invariance and Lorentz invariance cause every four-body graviton scattering amplitude to be factorized. We explore the implications of this factorization property by investigating polarization effects through the covariant density matrix formalism in each four-body graviton scattering process.

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hep-ph 2 gr-qc 1

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2026 2 2025 1

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hep-ph · 2026-04-14 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

For quadratic inflaton potentials Boltzmann and Bogoliubov spectra agree at short wavelengths, but for steeper potentials non-adiabatic transition effects captured only by Bogoliubov are sizable across a broad momentum range.

Irreducible Graviton Floor from Reheating

hep-ph · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Perturbative inflaton decay emits an irreducible stochastic GW background with Ω_GW ∝ f spectrum whose amplitude is set by the hard decay rate and reaches O(10^{-17}) at GHz scales.

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  • Graviton Production from Inflaton Condensate: Boltzmann vs Bogoliubov hep-ph · 2026-04-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 53

    For quadratic inflaton potentials Boltzmann and Bogoliubov spectra agree at short wavelengths, but for steeper potentials non-adiabatic transition effects captured only by Bogoliubov are sizable across a broad momentum range.

  • Irreducible Graviton Floor from Reheating hep-ph · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · none · ref 37 · internal anchor

    Perturbative inflaton decay emits an irreducible stochastic GW background with Ω_GW ∝ f spectrum whose amplitude is set by the hard decay rate and reaches O(10^{-17}) at GHz scales.

  • Lectures on the Bondi--Metzner--Sachs group and related topics in infrared physics gr-qc · 2025-04-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 54 · internal anchor

    Lecture notes that build the BMS group from prerequisites to applications in soft theorems, memory effects, and new material on asymptotic conformal Killing horizons.