Remarks on the renormalization of primordial cosmological perturbations

Ivan Agullo, Jose Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, and Leonard Parker
Phys. Rev. D 84, 107304 – Published 15 November 2011

Abstract

We briefly review the need to perform renormalization of inflationary perturbations to properly work out the physical power spectra. We also summarize the basis of (momentum-space) renormalization in curved spacetime and address several misconceptions found in recent literature on this subject.

  • Received 3 August 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.107304

© 2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ivan Agullo1, Jose Navarro-Salas2,3, Gonzalo J. Olmo4, and Leonard Parker3

  • 1Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Physics Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA.
  • 2Departamento de Fisica Teorica and IFIC, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia-CSIC. Facultad de Fisica, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot-46100, Valencia, Spain
  • 3Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 USA
  • 4Departamento de Fisica Teorica and IFIC, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia-CSIC. Facultad de Fisica, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot-46100, Valencia, Spain

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Vol. 84, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2011

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