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Kinetic Equilibration after Preheating

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Pith's one-line read Kinetic equilibration after preheating is almost instantaneous on the Hubble time scale.

desk verdict Clever analytic transfer from heavy-ion physics to preheating, but the 'fast kinetic equilibration' claim depends on an unstated lower bound on the χ^4 coupling; referee it with that condition requested. read the letter →

arxiv 1908.09866 v1 pith:UI2LT5X7 submitted 2019-08-26 hep-ph astro-ph.COgr-qchep-th

Robert Brandenberger , Ryo Namba , Rudnei O. Ramos This is my paper · ORCID
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After inflation ends, the oscillating inflaton transfers energy into particle production through broad parametric resonance, a stage called preheating, but the resulting spectra are far from thermal. This paper argues that kinetic equilibration — the reshuffling of particle energies toward a thermal distribution — completes almost instantly on the cosmic expansion (Hubble) time scale, contrary to earlier leading-order perturbative estimates that thermalization is slow. The argument uses an exact solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation in an expanding universe, originally devised for heavy-ion collision fireballs, applied to the distribution of $\chi$ quanta created by preheating. If the analysis is right, the reheating temperature is higher than perturbative estimates suggest, and the duration from the end of inflation to kinetic equilibrium is a concrete number: about 4.4 e-folds of expansion, up to logarithmic corrections in the couplings.

What carries the argument

The central object is the exact solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation for $2\to 2$ number-conserving scatterings in a Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric, obtained in Ref. [17]. For the special initial spectrum $f_k(0) = \lambda (256/243)(k/T_0) \exp(-4k/(3T_0))$, the distribution at later times is $f_k(\tau) = \lambda e^{-k/[K(\tau)T_0]} K^{-4}(\tau) [4K(\tau) - 3 + (k/(K(\tau)T_0))(1 - K(\tau))]$, with dimensionless time $\tau = \int_{t_0/l_0}^{t/l_0} dt'\, a^{-3}(t')$ and $K(\tau) = 1 - (1/4)e^{-\tau/6}$. The function $K(\tau)$ carries the relaxation: as $\tau$ grows, $K \to 1$ and $f_k$ approaches a classical thermal distribution, with relaxation essentially complete at $\tau \approx 6$. This machinery turns the question of how fast thermalization occurs into a ratio of two timescales — the mean-free time $l_0$ (set by the $\chi$ self-coupling $h$ and preheating parameters) versus the Hubble time $t_0$ — with the exact solution supplying the $O(1)$ factor $N$ that converts $l_0$ into the equilibration duration.

What would settle it

A numerical lattice simulation of broad-resonance preheating that extracts the produced spectrum $f_k$ at the moment the $\chi$ modes become relativistic, and compares it quantitatively with Eq. (3.9) — checking both the infrared plateau and the exponential cutoff near $k \sim m_\phi$ — would test the central approximation. If the true spectrum differs markedly in shape, the exact solution does not apply and the inferred timescale $\delta t \approx N l_0$, along with the e-fold prediction $\Delta N_{\rm pr}$, would need to be revised.

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Core claim

Using an exact solution of the number-conserving Boltzmann equation for a homogeneous, isotropic expanding universe, the paper shows that the distribution of $\chi$ quanta created by broad-resonance preheating relaxes to kinetic equilibrium on a timescale $\delta t \approx N l_0$, where $l_0$ is the mean-free length fixed by the $\chi$ self-interaction and $N$ is of order one (the exact solution reaches equilibrium at $\tau \approx 6$). Because the ratio of the Hubble time to $l_0$ at the moment the $\chi$ particles become relativistic is large, $t_0/l_0 \approx 7.4\times 10^{15} h^2 (10^{-3}/g)^4 (0.1 M_{\rm Pl}/A)$, kinetic equilibration is effectively instantaneous on the Hubble time scale. Consequently the total number of e-folds from the end of inflation to the completion of kinetic equilibration is $\Delta N_{\rm pr} \approx 4.38 + \ln(g/10^{-3}) + \ln(A/0.1 M_{\rm Pl}) - \ln(m_\phi/(5\times 10^{-6} M_{\rm Pl}))$, and the reheating temperature in this channel is bounded below by $T_r \approx 8.5\times 10^{13}\,{\rm GeV} \times (10^{-3}/g)^{3/4} (m_\phi/(5\times 10^{-6} M_{\rm Pl}))^{5/4} (0.1 M_{\rm Pl}/A)^{1/4}$. The same analysis, the authors argue, applies to tachyonic preheating, which also excites all modes below a critical wavenumber.

Load-bearing premise

The result depends on the assumption that the particle spectrum produced by broad-resonance preheating is well approximated by the special initial distribution $f_k(0) = \lambda (256/243)(k/T_0) \exp(-4k/(3T_0))$, for which the exact Boltzmann solution applies; the paper calls this 'qualitatively similar' and 'a good approximation' but gives no quantitative comparison to an actual preheating spectrum.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • The reheating temperature in chaotic-inflation models with a $\chi^4$ self-interaction is bounded below by $T_r \approx 8.5\times 10^{13}$ GeV for the fiducial values $g=10^{-3}$, $m_\phi = 5\times 10^{-6} M_{\rm Pl}$, $A = 0.1 M_{\rm Pl}$, much higher than naive perturbative estimates, because kinetic equilibration completes before expansion dilutes the energy.
  • The e-fold count from the end of inflation to kinetic equilibration, $\Delta N_{\rm pr} \approx 4.38 + \ln(g/10^{-3}) + \ln(A/0.1 M_{\rm Pl}) - \ln(m_\phi/(5\times 10^{-6} M_{\rm Pl}))$, is a concrete prediction that can feed into observational constraints on inflationary models through the duration of reheating.
  • The entropy density of the $\chi$ field reaches its kinetic-equilibrium value on the same short timescale, so relic abundances such as dark matter candidates can in principle be set soon after preheating.
  • Including additional particle species or interactions can only shorten the equilibration time, so the timescale computed here is an upper bound for kinetic equilibration in these models.
  • The analysis carries over to tachyonic preheating, since that mechanism likewise excites all modes below a critical wavenumber.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If kinetic equilibration is truly near-instantaneous, the radiation-dominated era after preheating begins with a nearly thermal spectrum at the high temperature $T_r$, which would suppress the abundance of massive relics whose production depends on the maximum post-inflationary temperature — a testable consequence in models with gravitinos or other superpartner relics.
  • The same exact-solution technique could be exported to other cosmological out-of-equilibrium settings with similar initial spectra, such as gravitational particle production during inflation or thermalization of a hidden dark sector, where the timescale ratio $t_0/l_0$ would give immediate estimates.
  • A lattice simulation of broad-resonance preheating that extracts the actual $f_k$ at the moment $\chi$ becomes relativistic, then feeds it into the full Boltzmann equation, would quantify how much the true spectrum deviates from Eq. (3.9); if the relaxation time departs from $\tau \approx 6$ substantially, the fast-equilibration conclusion would need revision.
  • Because chemical equilibration and the transfer of remnant inflaton energy are not addressed here, the total thermalization of the universe could take longer than the kinetic timescale computed in this paper.
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3 major / 4 minor

Summary. This paper studies kinetic equilibration of particles produced by broad-resonance preheating after inflation. The authors argue that the initial distribution produced by preheating matches the special initial condition of an exact solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation in an FLRW background obtained in Ref. [17]. Using this solution, they compute the equilibration time scale in terms of the mean free path l0 and compare it with the Hubble time t0. Their central result is Eq. (4.6), t0/l0 ≈ 7.4×10^15 h^2 (10^-3/g)^4 (0.1 M_Pl/A), from which they conclude that kinetic equilibration is much faster than the Hubble expansion. They also derive the number of e-folds from the end of inflation to the onset of kinetic equilibration, Eq. (4.9), and estimate a reheating temperature, Eq. (4.13).

Significance. If the result holds, it would challenge the common perturbative expectation that post-inflationary thermalization takes much longer than a Hubble time, and it would give a concrete, falsifiable prediction for the e-fold duration of the reheating phase. The paper's use of an exact solution of the Boltzmann equation is a strength, and the parametric expressions in Eqs. (4.6) and (4.8) are simple and testable. However, the argument contains a load-bearing gap in the parameter range for the self-coupling h, and the applicability of the exact solution to preheating rests on an unquantified assertion about the shape of the preheating spectrum. These issues must be addressed before the central conclusion can be accepted.

major comments (3)
  1. [Sec. IV, Eqs. (4.6)-(4.8)] The conclusion that l0 << t0 is not valid for the full parameter range admitted by the paper. Eq. (4.6) gives t0/l0 = 7.4e15 h^2 (1e-3/g)^4 (0.1 M_Pl/A), but the paper only imposes an upper bound on h, h ≲ 8π^2. For example, at g = 1e-3, A = 0.1 M_Pl and h = 1e-8, Eq. (4.6) gives t0/l0 ≈ 0.74, so the mean free path is comparable to the Hubble time. For smaller h, l0 exceeds t0 and Eq. (4.8) (which neglects expansion) is no longer a valid estimate. Since h is a free parameter and the paper provides no lower bound, the central claim of Sec. V that kinetic equilibration is 'fast on the Hubble time scale' does not follow. The authors must either restrict h to a range where Eq. (4.6) gives t0/l0 >> 1, or provide a different argument for the equilibration time that remains valid when l0 is not small compared with t0.
  2. [Sec. III, between Eqs. (3.9) and (3.13)] The exact solution in Eq. (3.10) applies only to the special initial condition in Eq. (3.9), yet the paper asserts that this distribution is 'qualitatively similar' to the broad-resonance preheating spectrum and 'a good approximation' without providing any quantitative comparison, fit, or error estimate. In fact, the broad-resonance spectrum is approximately flat for k below the cutoff k_c, whereas Eq. (3.9) vanishes linearly as k -> 0, so the claimed similarity is not self-evident. Because the equilibration time scale τ ~ O(1) is a property of this particular exact solution, the entire analysis depends on this unsupported assumption. The authors should provide a direct comparison with the actual preheating spectrum, for example from lattice simulations, and quantify how the equilibration time changes for deviations from Eq. (3.9).
  3. [Sec. IV, Eq. (4.2)] The central quantitative result depends on the total cross-section σtot, which is taken from the literature with an enhancement factor: σtot ≃ σ0 k^3/(48π^2 nχ), where σ0 = h^2/(16π k^2). This enhancement and the numerical factor are not derived or checked in the present paper. Since l0 = 1/(σtot nχ) and Eq. (4.6) is proportional to h^2, any error or ambiguity in this cross-section propagates directly into the main claim. The authors should either provide a derivation of this medium-enhanced cross-section or at least quantify the uncertainty and show that the conclusion is robust.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Sec. IV, Eq. (4.5)] The identification t0 = tr = 1/[2H(tr)] is suspicious: during the matter-dominated period tp < t < tr, the cosmic time is related to the Hubble rate by t = 2/(3H), not 1/(2H). The numerical factor in Eq. (4.5) should be checked; the difference is only O(1), but it is an internal inconsistency.
  2. [Sec. III, Eq. (3.9)] The parameter T0 is stated to be '∼ mφ' but its relation to the preheating parameters g, A, mφ, and k_c is never specified. Since the exact solution depends on T0 through the initial distribution, the authors should define T0 or show that the final results are independent of it.
  3. [Sec. V, last paragraph] The claim that the analysis 'applies similarly to the case of tachyonic preheating' is asserted without any justification. If the tachyonic spectrum has a different shape, the same initial-condition concern raised in Major Comment 2 applies here as well.
  4. [Throughout] There are several typographical errors, such as 'themalization' in Sec. IV and 'Lematre' in the author affiliation; a careful proofread is needed.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the exact Boltzmann solution is imported from the independent Ref. [17], and Eq. (4.6) is derived from scattering rates rather than fitted to the fast-equilibration conclusion.

full rationale

The paper's central claim—fast kinetic equilibration after preheating—rests on an exact solution of the relativistic Boltzmann equation in FLRW spacetime taken from Bazow et al. (Ref. [17]), a group with no author overlap with the present paper. The special initial distribution Eq. (3.9) is chosen because it admits that exact solution; the paper explicitly labels it an approximation to the broad-resonance spectrum ('qualitatively similar', 'good approximation') rather than a fit to the target result. The equilibration timescale is then controlled by l0 = 1/(sigma_tot n_chi), with n_chi taken from standard preheating back-reaction estimates (Ref. [8]) and sigma_tot from the quartic self-interaction cross-section; Eq. (4.6) computes t0/l0 as a function of h, g, and A. No parameter is adjusted to make Eq. (4.8) or Eq. (4.9) come out; those are consequences of the computed ratio. The dependence of t0/l0 on h^2 means the 'fast' conclusion requires h large enough relative to g^4 A/M_Pl, and the paper's upper bound h ≲ 8*pi^2 alone does not guarantee that; this is a parameter-validity gap (a correctness risk), not circularity. Self-citations to Brandenberger's reviews and to preheating papers are contextual and not load-bearing; the exact-solution step is independent. Scope limits (chemical equilibration, inflaton remnant energy, and the unquantified match of Eq. (3.9) to the actual preheating spectrum) are stated caveats or modeling assumptions, not hidden circular assumptions. No derivation step reduces by construction to its input, so the circularity score is 0.

Assumptions & free parameters 6 free parameters · 6 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim is an application of an external exact solution, but it rests on several unvalidated modeling choices. No free number is fit to data; instead the paper uses benchmark values for g, A, m_phi and leaves h and N as free inputs. The main load-bearing assumptions are the functional match of the preheating spectrum to the exact solution's initial condition, the enhanced cross-section formula from the literature, and the matter-dominated expansion between the end of preheating and the onset of relativistic kinetic theory.

free parameters (6)
  • g = benchmark 1e-3, allowed range 10^-4 to 10^-3
    Coupling in the chi^2 phi^2 interaction; the result scales as g^-4, so the conclusion is sensitive to it.
  • h = unspecified, only h ≲ 8 pi^2
    Self-coupling of chi; l0/t0 scales as h^2, so small h invalidates the instantaneous conclusion, but no lower bound is given.
  • A = 0.1 M_Pl in benchmark
    Inflaton oscillation amplitude at end of preheating; chosen for chaotic inflation.
  • m_phi = 5e-6 M_Pl in benchmark
    Inflaton mass; chosen to match cosmological perturbation amplitude.
  • T0 = ~ m_phi
    Temperature scale in the initial distribution Eq. (3.9); hand-set to match the cutoff scale, not derived.
  • N = integer, 1 to 6
    Number of mean-free-paths defining when equilibration is complete (Eq. 3.13); the completion time delta t = N l0 depends linearly on it.
assumptions (6)
  • ad hoc to paper The broad-resonance preheating spectrum is well approximated by Eq. (3.9).
    Stated in Sec. III: the initial distribution is 'qualitatively similar' to the broad-resonance spectrum, but no quantitative evidence is given; this enables the exact solution.
  • domain assumption The exact FLRW Boltzmann solution of Ref. [17] with number-conserving 2 to 2 scatterings applies to the chi gas for t > t_r.
    Invoked in Sec. IV; depends on the produced particles being relativistic and the spectrum matching the solution's premise.
  • domain assumption The total cross-section is independent of particle momentum.
    Adopted from Ref. [17] in Sec. III; no error estimate for realistic momentum-dependent cross-sections.
  • domain assumption Between the end of preheating and t_r the universe is matter-dominated, rho proportional to a^-3.
    Used in Sec. IV to relate t0 and the scale-factor ratio; reasonable for nonrelativistic chi but not exact.
  • domain assumption The enhanced cross-section Eq. (4.2), with sigma_tot equal to sigma0/(48 pi^2) n_chi/k^3, is correct.
    Quoted from Ref. [8] without derivation in Sec. IV; the whole mean-free-path estimate depends on it.
  • domain assumption Backreaction stops preheating when n_chi(t_p) equals m_phi^2 A/g.
    Standard result quoted from Ref. [8] and used in Eq. (4.3).

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We study thermal equilibration after preheating in inflationary cosmology, which is an important step towards a comprehensive understanding of cosmic thermal history. By noticing that the problem is parallel to thermalization after a relativistic heavy ion collision, we make use of the methods developed in this context and that seek for an analytical approach to the Boltzmann equation. In particular, an exact solution for number-conserving scatterings is available for the distribution function in a Friedmann-Lema\^{i}tre-Robertson-Walker metric and can be utilized for the spectral evolution of kinetic equilibration process after preheating. We find that thermal equilibration is almost instantaneous on the time scale of the Hubble time. We also make an explicit prediction for the duration (the number of e-folds of expansion) required for this process of thermal equilibration to complete following the end of inflation.

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