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Autori principali: del Rio, Adrian, Navarro-Salas, Jose
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03125
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author del Rio, Adrian
Navarro-Salas, Jose
author_facet del Rio, Adrian
Navarro-Salas, Jose
contents We revise the role that ultraviolet divergences of quantum fields play in slow-roll inflation, and discuss the renormalization of cosmological observables from a space-time perspective, namely the angular power spectrum. We first derive an explicit expression for the multipole coefficients $C_{\ell}$ in the Sachs-Wolfe regime in terms of the two-point function of primordial perturbations. We then analyze the ultraviolet behavior, and point out that the standard result in the literature is equivalent to a renormalization of $C_{\ell}$ at zero ``adiabatic'' order. We further argue that renormalization at second ``adiabatic'' order may be more appropriate from the viewpoint of standard quantum field theory. This may change significantly the predictions for $C_{\ell}$, while maintaining scale invariance.
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spellingShingle On the renormalization of ultraviolet divergences in the inflationary angular power spectrum
del Rio, Adrian
Navarro-Salas, Jose
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We revise the role that ultraviolet divergences of quantum fields play in slow-roll inflation, and discuss the renormalization of cosmological observables from a space-time perspective, namely the angular power spectrum. We first derive an explicit expression for the multipole coefficients $C_{\ell}$ in the Sachs-Wolfe regime in terms of the two-point function of primordial perturbations. We then analyze the ultraviolet behavior, and point out that the standard result in the literature is equivalent to a renormalization of $C_{\ell}$ at zero ``adiabatic'' order. We further argue that renormalization at second ``adiabatic'' order may be more appropriate from the viewpoint of standard quantum field theory. This may change significantly the predictions for $C_{\ell}$, while maintaining scale invariance.
title On the renormalization of ultraviolet divergences in the inflationary angular power spectrum
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.03125