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Alicki, R.; Barenboim, G.; Jenkins, A. |
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Quantum thermodynamics of de Sitter space |
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Journal Article |
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2023 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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108 |
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12 |
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123530 - 13pp |
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We consider the local physics of an open quantum system embedded in an expanding three-dimensional space x, evolving in cosmological time t, weakly coupled to a massless quantum field. We derive the corresponding Markovian master equation for the system's nonunitary evolution and show that, for a de Sitter space with Hubble parameter h 1/4 const, the background fields act as a physical heat bath with temperature TdS 1/4 h/2z. The energy density of this bath obeys the Stefan-Boltzmann law pdS proportional to h4. We comment on how these results clarify the thermodynamics of de Sitter space and support previous arguments for its instability in the infrared. The cosmological implications are considered in an accompanying Letter. |
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[Alicki, Robert; Jenkins, Alejandro] Univ Gdansk, Int Ctr Theory Quantum Technol ICTQT, PL-80308 Gdansk, Poland, Email: robert.alicki@ug.edu.pl; |
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Amer Physical Soc |
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2470-0010 |
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WOS:001145885800017 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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5918 |
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Barenboim, G.; Chun, E.J.; Lee, H.M. |
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Coleman-Weinberg inflation in light of Planck |
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Journal Article |
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2014 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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730 |
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81-88 |
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We revisit a single field inflationary model based on Coleman-Weinberg potentials. We show that in small field Coleman-Weinberg inflation, the observed amplitude of perturbations needs an extremely small quartic coupling of the inflaton, which might be a signature of radiative origin. However, the spectral index obtained in a standard cosmological scenario turns out to be outside the 2 sigma region of the Planck data. When a non-standard cosmological framework is invoked, such as brane-world cosmology in the Randall-Sundrum model, the spectral index can be made consistent with Planck data within la, courtesy of the modification in the evolution of the Hubble parameter in such a scheme. We also show that the required inflaton quartic coupling as well as a phenomenologically viable B – L symmetry breaking together with a natural electroweak symmetry breaking can arise dynamically in a generalized B – L extension of the Standard Model where the full potential is assumed to vanish at a high scale. |
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[Barenboim, Gabriela] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000333506400016 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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1741 |
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Barenboim, G.; Park, W.I. |
Title |
Spiral inflation |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
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741 |
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252-255 |
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We propose a novel scenario of primordial inflation in which the inflaton goes through a spiral motion starting from around the top of a symmetry breaking potential. We show that, even though inflation takes place for a field value much smaller than Planck scale, it is possible to obtain relatively large tensor-to-scalar ratio (r similar to 0.1) without fine tuning. The inflationary observables perfectly match Planck data. |
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[Barenboim, Gabriela; Park, Wan-Il] Univ Valencia, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Gabriela.Barenboim@uv.es; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000348290800039 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2109 |
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Barenboim, G.; Vives, O. |
Title |
Transplanckian inflation as gravity echoes |
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Journal Article |
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2015 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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748 |
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336-342 |
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In this work, we show that, in the presence of non-minimal coupling to gravity, it is possible to generate sizeable tensor modes in single-field models without transplanckian field values. These transplanckian field values apparently needed in Einstein gravity to accommodate the experimental results may only be due to our insistence of imposing a minimal coupling of the inflaton field to gravity in a model with non-minimal couplings. We present three simple single-field models that prove that it is possible to accommodatea large tensor-to-scalar ratio without requiring transplanckian field values within the slow-roll regime. |
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[Barenboim, G.] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Gabriela.Barenboim@uv.es |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000359146200050 |
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no |
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no |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2357 |
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Barenboim, G.; Park, W.I. |
Title |
Peccei-Quinn field for inflation, baryogenesis, dark matter, and much more |
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Journal Article |
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2016 |
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Physics Letters B |
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Phys. Lett. B |
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756 |
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317-322 |
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We propose a scenario of brane cosmology in which the Peccei-Quinn field plays the role of the inflaton and solves simultaneously many cosmological and phenomenological issues such as the generation of a heavy Majorana mass for the right-handed neutrinos needed for seesaw mechanism, MSSM mu-parameter, the right amount of baryon number asymmetry and dark matter relic density at the present universe, together with an axion solution to the strong CP problem without the domain wall obstacle. Interestingly, the scales of the soft SUSY-breaking mass parameter and those of the breaking of U(1)(PQ) symmetry are lower bounded at O(10) TeV and O(10(11)) GeV, respectively. |
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[Park, Wan-Il] Univ Valencia, Dept Fis Teor, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain, Email: Gabriela.Barenboim@uv.es; |
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Elsevier Science Bv |
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0370-2693 |
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WOS:000373569200048 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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2637 |
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