A parton picture of de Sitter space during slow-roll inflation
arXiv:0903.2788 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2009/05/021
Abstract
It is well-known that expectation values in de Sitter space are afflicted by infra-red divergences. Long ago, Starobinsky proposed that infra-red effects in de Sitter space could be accommodated by evolving the long-wavelength part of the field according to the classical field equations plus a stochastic source term. I argue that--when quantum-mechanical loop corrections are taken into account--the separate-universe picture of superhorizon evolution in de Sitter space is equivalent, in a certain leading-logarithm approximation, to Starobinsky's stochastic approach. In particular, the time evolution of a box of de Sitter space can be understood in exact analogy with the DGLAP evolution of partons within a hadron, which describes a slow logarithmic evolution in the distribution of the hadron's constituent partons with the energy scale at which they are probed.
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