Abstract
We generalize the effective potential to scalar field configurations which are proportional to the Hubble parameter of a homogeneous and isotropic background geometry. This may be useful in situations for which curvature effects are significant. We evaluate the one loop contribution to the Hubble Effective Potential for a massless scalar with arbitrary conformal and quartic couplings, on a background for which the deceleration parameter is constant. Among other things, we find that inflationary particle production leads to symmetry restoration at late times.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Pages (from-to) | 003/1-003/? |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |
| Volume | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |