Berry phase of primordial scalar and tensor perturbations in single-field inflationary models
Abstract
In the framework of the single-field slow-roll inflation, we derive the Hamiltonian of the linear primordial scalar and tensor perturbations in the form of time-dependent harmonic oscillator Hamiltonians. We find the invariant operators of the resulting Hamiltonians and use their eigenstates to calculate the adiabatic Berry phase for sub-horizon modes in terms of the Lewis-Riesenfeld phase. We conclude by discussing the discrepancy in the results of Pal et. al [Class. Quant. Grav. 30 (2013) 12] for these Berry phases, which is resolved to yield agreement with our results.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1804.07740
- Bibcode:
- 2018arXiv180407740B
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- Phys. Lett. A 382 (2018) 1524