Hubble induced mass in radiation-dominated universe
Abstract
We reconsider the effective mass of a scalar field which interact with visible sector via Planck-suppressed coupling in supergravity framework. We focus on the radiation-dominated (RD) era after inflation. In this era, the effective mass is given by thermal average of interaction terms. To make our analysis clear, we rely on Kadanoff-Baym equations to evaluate the thermal average. We find that, in RD era, a scalar field acquires the effective mass of the order of H.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters B
- Pub Date:
- May 2012
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1112.5823
- Bibcode:
- 2012PhLB..711..173K
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, v2:minor corrections and a reference added, v3:a footnote added, version accepted by PLB