VACUUM STATES IN DE-SITTER SPACE
VACUUM STATES IN DE-SITTER SPACE
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevd.32.3136
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
ALLEN, B
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作者:
ALLEN, B
We examine possible vacuum states for scalar fields in de Sitter space, concentrating on those states (1) invariant under the de Sitter group O (1, 4) or (2) invariant under one of its maximal subgroups E (3). For massive fields there is a one-complex-parameter family of de Sitter-invariant states, which includes the ‘‘Euclidean’’vacuum state as a special case. We show these states are generated from the Euclidean vacuum by a frequency-independent Bogoliubov transformation, and obtain formulas for the symmetric, antisymmetric, and Feynman functions. In the massless minimally coupled case we prove that there exists no de Sitter-invariant Fock vacuum state. However one can find Fock states which are E (3) invariant. These states include the Bunch-Davies and Ottewill-Najmi vacua as special cases.