Renormalized one-Loop Corrections in Power Spectrum in USR Inflation

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Main Authors: Sheikhahmadi, Haidar, Nassiri-Rad, Amin
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author Sheikhahmadi, Haidar
Nassiri-Rad, Amin
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Nassiri-Rad, Amin
contents The nature of one-loop corrections to long-wavelength CMB-scale modes in single-field inflation models with an intermediate USR phase remains a subject of active debate. In this work, we perform a detailed investigation into the regularization and renormalization of these one-loop corrections to the curvature perturbation power spectrum. Employing a combined UV-IR regularization scheme within the in-in formalism, we compute the regularized one-loop contributions, including those from the tadpole diagram, arising from both the cubic and quartic interaction Hamiltonians. We demonstrate that the fully regularized and renormalized fractional loop correction to the power spectrum is controlled by its peak value at the end of the USR phase, scaling as $\mathcal{P}_\mathrm{peak} \sim e^{6 ΔN}$, where $ΔN$ is the duration of the USR phase. This result confirms the original conclusion that loop corrections can become non-perturbatively large if the transition from the USR phase to the final slow-roll phase is instantaneous and sharp, potentially challenging the validity of such inflationary scenarios for primordial black hole formation.
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spellingShingle Renormalized one-Loop Corrections in Power Spectrum in USR Inflation
Sheikhahmadi, Haidar
Nassiri-Rad, Amin
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
The nature of one-loop corrections to long-wavelength CMB-scale modes in single-field inflation models with an intermediate USR phase remains a subject of active debate. In this work, we perform a detailed investigation into the regularization and renormalization of these one-loop corrections to the curvature perturbation power spectrum. Employing a combined UV-IR regularization scheme within the in-in formalism, we compute the regularized one-loop contributions, including those from the tadpole diagram, arising from both the cubic and quartic interaction Hamiltonians. We demonstrate that the fully regularized and renormalized fractional loop correction to the power spectrum is controlled by its peak value at the end of the USR phase, scaling as $\mathcal{P}_\mathrm{peak} \sim e^{6 ΔN}$, where $ΔN$ is the duration of the USR phase. This result confirms the original conclusion that loop corrections can become non-perturbatively large if the transition from the USR phase to the final slow-roll phase is instantaneous and sharp, potentially challenging the validity of such inflationary scenarios for primordial black hole formation.
title Renormalized one-Loop Corrections in Power Spectrum in USR Inflation
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18525