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arXiv 1706.09402gr-qchep-th
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引力波背景诱导标量场真空期望值

Scalar field vacuum expectation value induced by gravitational wave background

Preston Jones, Patrick McDougall, Michael Ragsdale, Douglas Singleton

摘要:

我们证明了在引力波背景下的{ \it无质量}标量场可以产生非零的真空期望值。我们绘制比较的一个非零真空的期望值的标量场的希格斯机制和动态卡西米尔真空的产生。我们提出,这个真空期望值,产生的引力波,可以连接到粒子生产从引力波,并可能有后果的早期宇宙中,标量场被认为发挥了重要作用。

英文摘要:

We show that a {\it massless} scalar field in a gravitational wave background can develop a non-zero vacuum expectation value. We draw comparisons to the generation of a non-zero vacuum expectation value for a scalar field in the Higgs mechanism and with the dynamical Casimir vacuum. We propose that this vacuum expectation value, generated by a gravitational wave, can be connected with particle production from gravitational waves and may have consequences for the early Universe where scalar fields are thought to play an important role.

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