Perturbative unitarity bounds on field-space curvature in de Sitter spacetime: purity vs scattering amplitude

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Main Authors: Cai, Qianhang, Inada, Tomoya, Ishikawa, Masataka, Nishii, Kanji, Noumi, Toshifumi
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author Cai, Qianhang
Inada, Tomoya
Ishikawa, Masataka
Nishii, Kanji
Noumi, Toshifumi
author_facet Cai, Qianhang
Inada, Tomoya
Ishikawa, Masataka
Nishii, Kanji
Noumi, Toshifumi
contents We study perturbative unitarity bounds on the field-space curvature in de Sitter spacetime, using the momentum-space entanglement approach recently proposed by Duaso Pueyo, Goodhew, McCulloch, and Pajer. As an illustration, we perform a perturbative computation of the purity in two-scalar models and compare the resulting unitarity bounds with those obtained via a flat space approximation. In particular, we find that perturbative unitarity imposes an upper bound on the field-space curvature of the Hubble scale order, in addition to a bound analogous to the flat space result. This reflects the thermal nature of de Sitter spacetime. We also discuss generalizations to higher-dimensional field spaces.
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spellingShingle Perturbative unitarity bounds on field-space curvature in de Sitter spacetime: purity vs scattering amplitude
Cai, Qianhang
Inada, Tomoya
Ishikawa, Masataka
Nishii, Kanji
Noumi, Toshifumi
High Energy Physics - Theory
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We study perturbative unitarity bounds on the field-space curvature in de Sitter spacetime, using the momentum-space entanglement approach recently proposed by Duaso Pueyo, Goodhew, McCulloch, and Pajer. As an illustration, we perform a perturbative computation of the purity in two-scalar models and compare the resulting unitarity bounds with those obtained via a flat space approximation. In particular, we find that perturbative unitarity imposes an upper bound on the field-space curvature of the Hubble scale order, in addition to a bound analogous to the flat space result. This reflects the thermal nature of de Sitter spacetime. We also discuss generalizations to higher-dimensional field spaces.
title Perturbative unitarity bounds on field-space curvature in de Sitter spacetime: purity vs scattering amplitude
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00850