Conservation of superhorizon curvature perturbations at one loop: Backreaction in the in-in formalism and renormalization

We show that the superhorizon-limit curvature perturbations are conserved at one-loop level in single-field inflation models with a transient nonslow-roll period. We take the spatially flat gauge, where the backreaction plays a crucial role for the conservation of superhorizon curvature perturbations unless the counterterms are tuned. We calculate the backreaction with the in-in formalism. In addition, we explicitly show the renormalization of the UV divergences with the counterterms.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2025-05-05
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.111.103504
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8
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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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Conservation of superhorizon curvature perturbations at one loop: Backreaction in the in-in formalism and renormalization

Keisuke Inomata
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Conservation of superhorizon curvature perturbations at one loop: Backreaction in the in-in formalism and renormalization

Keisuke Inomata
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8 citations

Abstract

We show that the superhorizon-limit curvature perturbations are conserved at one-loop level in single-field inflation models with a transient nonslow-roll period. We take the spatially flat gauge, where the backreaction plays a crucial role for the conservation of superhorizon curvature perturbations unless the counterterms are tuned. We calculate the backreaction with the in-in formalism. In addition, we explicitly show the renormalization of the UV divergences with the counterterms.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 111(10)
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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