Theses Doctoral

Quantum de Sitter Entropy and Sphere Partition Functions: A-Hypergeometric Approach to All-Loop Order

Bandaru, Bhavya

In order to find quantum corrections to the de Sitter entropy, a new approach to higher loop Feynman integral computations on the sphere is presented. Arbitrary scalar Feynman integrals on a spherical background are brought into the generalized Euler integral (A-hypergeometric series/GKZ systems) form by expressing the massive scalar propagator as a bivariate radial Mellin transform of the massless scalar propagator in one higher dimensional Euclidean flat space.

This formulation is expanded to include massive and massless vector fields by construction of similar embedding space propagators. Vector Feynman integrals are shown to be sums over generalized Euler integral formed of underlying scalar Feynman integrals. Granting existence of general spin embedding space propagators, general spin Feynman integrals are shown, by the construction of a "master" integral, to also be sums over generalized Euler integral representations of scalar Feynman integrals. Finding exact embedding space propagator expressions for fields of integer spin ≥ 2 and half integer spin is left to future work.

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More About This Work

Academic Units
Physics
Thesis Advisors
Denef, Frederik M.
Degree
Ph.D., Columbia University
Published Here
October 16, 2024