
arXiv: 0707.0847
We stochastically formulate the theory of scalar quantum electrodynamics on a de Sitter background. This reproduces the leading infrared logarithms at each loop order. It also allows one to sum the series of leading infrared logarithms to obtain explicit, nonperturbative results about the late time behavior of the system. One consequence is confirmation of the conjecture by Davis, Dimopoulos, Prokopec and Tornkvist that super-horizon photons acquire mass during inflation. We compute a photon mass-suqared of about 3.2991 H^2. The scalar stays perturbatively light with a mass-squared of about 0.8961 3 e^2 H^2/8pi^2. Interestingly, the induced change in the cosmological constant is negative, of about -0.6551 3 G H^4/pi.
52 pages, 7 figures, uses LaTeX 2epsilon, version 2 corrects eqn (138) and updates the reference list
infrared logarithms and leading logarithm approximation, nonperturbative resummations, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, QFT in inflationary background, Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds, Stochastic quantization, Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), stochastic tecniques in QFT, Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics, Feynman diagrams, Relativistic cosmology, Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory
infrared logarithms and leading logarithm approximation, nonperturbative resummations, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, QFT in inflationary background, Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds, Stochastic quantization, Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), stochastic tecniques in QFT, Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics, Feynman diagrams, Relativistic cosmology, Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory
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