Infrared Logarithms in Minisuperspace Inflation
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astro-ph.COhep-th
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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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