TY - JOUR
T1 - Large logarithms from quantum gravitational corrections to a massless, minimally coupled scalar on de Sitter
AU - Glavan, D.
AU - Miao, S. P.
AU - Prokopec, T.
AU - Woodard, R. P.
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PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - We consider single graviton loop corrections to the effective field equation of a massless, minimally coupled scalar on de Sitter background in the simplest gauge. We find a large temporal logarithm in the approach to freeze-in at late times, but no correction to the feeze-in amplitude. We also find a large spatial logarithm (at large distances) in the scalar potential generated by a point source, which can be explained using the renormalization group with one of the higher derivative counterterms regarded as a curvature-dependent field strength renormalization. We discuss how these results set the stage for a project to purge gauge dependence by including quantum gravitational corrections to the source which disturbs the effective field and to the observer who measures it.
AB - We consider single graviton loop corrections to the effective field equation of a massless, minimally coupled scalar on de Sitter background in the simplest gauge. We find a large temporal logarithm in the approach to freeze-in at late times, but no correction to the feeze-in amplitude. We also find a large spatial logarithm (at large distances) in the scalar potential generated by a point source, which can be explained using the renormalization group with one of the higher derivative counterterms regarded as a curvature-dependent field strength renormalization. We discuss how these results set the stage for a project to purge gauge dependence by including quantum gravitational corrections to the source which disturbs the effective field and to the observer who measures it.
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U2 - 10.1007/JHEP03(2022)088
DO - 10.1007/JHEP03(2022)088
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126267859
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2022
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 88
ER -