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arxiv: 1804.07740 · v1 · pith:OEDUJCSUnew · submitted 2018-04-20 · 🌀 gr-qc · quant-ph

Berry phase of primordial scalar and tensor perturbations in single-field inflationary models

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keywords berryphasehamiltoniansperturbationsprimordialresultsscalarsingle-field
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In the framework of the single-field slow-roll inflation, we derive the Hamiltonian of the linear primordial scalar and tensor perturbations in the form of time-dependent harmonic oscillator Hamiltonians. We find the invariant operators of the resulting Hamiltonians and use their eigenstates to calculate the adiabatic Berry phase for sub-horizon modes in terms of the Lewis-Riesenfeld phase. We conclude by discussing the discrepancy in the results of Pal et. al [Class. Quant. Grav. 30 (2013) 12] for these Berry phases, which is resolved to yield agreement with our results.

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