Calculations of scalaron decay probabilities

Abstract

The particle production through the scalaron decays are considered for several different channels. The central part of the work is dedicated to a study of the decay probability into two complex minimally coupled massless scalars. The calculations are performed by two different independent methods. In addition we calculated the decay probability into real minimally coupled massless scalars, conformally coupled massive scalars, massive fermions, and gauge bosons. The results are compared with the published papers which in some cases disagree with each other.

19 pages; final version published in Phys. Atom. Nucl