Tachyonic preheating using 2PI-1/N dynamics and the classical approximation

被引:96
作者
Arrizabalaga, A [1 ]
Smit, J [1 ]
Tranberg, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Inst Theoret Phys, NL-1018 XE Amsterdam, Netherlands
来源
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2004年 / 10期
关键词
lattice quantum field theory; spontaneous symmetry breaking;
D O I
10.1088/1126-6708/2004/10/017
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We study the process of tachyonic preheating using approximative quantum equations of motion derived from the 2PI effective action. The O(N) scalar (Higgs) field is assumed to experience a fast quench which is represented by an instantaneous flip of the sign of the mass parameter. The equations of motion are solved numerically on the lattice, and the Hartree and 1/N-NLO approximations are compared to the classical approximation. Classical dynamics is expected to be valid, since the occupation numbers can rise to large values during tachyonic preheating. We find that the classical approximation performs excellently at short and intermediate times, even for couplings in the larger region currently allowed for the SM Higgs. This is reassuring, since all previous numerical studies of tachyonic preheating and baryogenesis during tachyonic preheating have used classical dynamics. We also compare different initializations for the classical simulations.
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页码:317 / 349
页数:33
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