Real scalar field, the nonrelativistic limit, and the cosmological expansion

The existing transformation from a relativistic real scalar field to a complex nonrelativistic scalar field by Namjoo, Guth, and Kaiser is generalized from Minkowski space to a more general background metric. In that case the transformation is not purely algebraic any more but determined by a differ...

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Hauptverfasser: Heyen, Lars H. (VerfasserIn) , Flörchinger, Stefan (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 31 August 2020
In: Physical review
Year: 2020, Jahrgang: 102, Heft: 3
ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.036024
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.036024
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.036024
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Verfasserangaben:Lars H. Heyen and Stefan Floerchinger
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Zusammenfassung:The existing transformation from a relativistic real scalar field to a complex nonrelativistic scalar field by Namjoo, Guth, and Kaiser is generalized from Minkowski space to a more general background metric. In that case the transformation is not purely algebraic any more but determined by a differential equation. We apply the generalized transformation to a real scalar with ϕ4 interaction on an Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker cosmologically expanding background and calculate the resulting nonrelativistic action up to second order in small parameters. We also show that the transformation can be interpreted as a Bogoliubov transformation between relativistic and nonrelativistic creation and annihilation operators and comment on emerging symmetries in the nonrelativistic theory.
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ISSN:2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.036024