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arxiv: 1801.02034 · v2 · pith:6V6HLLJPnew · submitted 2018-01-06 · 🌀 gr-qc · astro-ph.CO· hep-th

Infrared Logarithms in Minisuperspace Inflation

classification 🌀 gr-qc astro-ph.COhep-th
keywords perturbationscalarzetainflationinfraredlogarithmsminisuperspacetheory
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We examine the emergence of the infrared logarithms in the cosmological perturbation theory applied to the minisuperspace scalar slow-roll inflation. Not surprisingly, in the single scalar field model the curvature perturbation $\zeta$ is conserved and no $\ln a_B$ behavior appears, where $a_B(t)$ is the background scale factor of the universe. On the other hand, in the presence of a spectator scalar the $n$'th order perturbation theory gives an $(\ln a_B)^n$ correction to $\zeta$. However, a nonperturbative estimate shows that $\zeta$ actually becomes the sum of a constant and a mildly evolving $\ln a_B$ pieces.

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