Stochastic dark energy from inflationary quantum fluctuations

Abstract We study the quantum backreaction from inflationary fluctuations of a very light, non-minimally coupled spectator scalar and show that it is a viable candidate for dark energy. The problem is solved by suitably adapting the formalism of stochastic inflation. This allows us to self-consisten...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dražen Glavan, Tomislav Prokopec, Alexei A. Starobinsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-05-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5862-5