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Quantum Gravitational Force Between Polarizable Objects
L. H. Ford, Mark P. Hertzberg, J. Karouby
Since general relativity is a consistent low energy effective field theory, it is possible to compute quantum corrections to classical forces. Here we compute a quantum correction…
Nonperturbative Dynamics Of Reheating After Inflation: A Review
Mustafa A. Amin, Mark P. Hertzberg, David I. Kaiser +1
Our understanding of the state of the universe between the end of inflation and big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is incomplete. The dynamics at the end of inflation are rich and a po…
A Theory of Self-Resonance After Inflation, Part 2: Quantum Mechanics and Particle-Antiparticle Asymmetry
Mark P. Hertzberg, Johanna Karouby, William G. Spitzer +2
We further develop a theory of self-resonance after inflation in a large class of models involving multiple scalar fields. We concentrate on inflaton potentials that carry an inter…
A Theory of Self-Resonance After Inflation, Part 1: Adiabatic and Isocurvature Goldstone Modes
Mark P. Hertzberg, Johanna Karouby, William G. Spitzer +2
We develop a theory of self-resonance after inflation. We study a large class of models involving multiple scalar fields with an internal symmetry. For illustration, we often speci…
Baryon production from embedded metastable strings
Johanna Karouby, Ajit Mohan Srivastava
We quantify the baryon anti-baryon production generated by a metastable cosmic string, similar to the embedded pion string. More precisely, we study skyrmion production mediated by…
Generating the Observed Baryon Asymmetry from the Inflaton Field
Mark P. Hertzberg, Johanna Karouby
We propose a mechanism by which the inflaton can generate baryogenesis, by taking the inflaton to be a complex scalar field with a weakly broken global symmetry and present a new v…