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arxiv: hep-ph/9706274 · v2 · pith:6X3XIH62new · submitted 1997-06-06 · ✦ hep-ph · gr-qc· hep-th

Renormalization of nonequilibrium dynamics in FRW cosmology

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keywords nonequilibriumdynamicsanalyticallyapproximationassumedbackchosenconditions
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We derive the renormalized nonequilibrium equations of motion for a scalar field and its quantum back reaction in a conformally flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe. We use a fully covariant formalism proposed by us recently for handling numerically and analytically nonequilibrium dynamics in one-loop approximation. The system is assumed to be in a conformal vacuum state initially. We use dimensional regularization; we find that the counter terms can be chosen independent of the initial conditions though the divergent leading order graphs do depend on them.

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