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BibTex format

@article{Colas:2024:05/025,
author = {Colas, T and de, Rham C and Kaplanek, G},
doi = {05/025},
journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
title = {Decoherence out of fire: purity loss in expanding and contracting universes},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/05/025},
volume = {2024},
year = {2024}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We investigate quantum decoherence in a class of models which interpolates between expanding (inflation) and contracting (ekpyrosis) scenarios. For the cases which result in a scale-invariant power spectrum, we find that ekpyrotic universes lead to complete decoherence of the curvature perturbation before the bounce. This is in stark contrast to the inflationary case, where recoherence has been previously observed in some situations. Although the purity can be computed for couplings of all sizes, we also study the purity perturbatively and observe that late-time (secular growth) breakdown of perturbation theory often occurs in these cases. Instead, we establish a simple yet powerful late-time purity resummation which captures the exact evolution to a remarkable level, while maintaining analytical control. We conclude that the cosmological background plays a crucial role in the decoupling of the heavy fields during inflation and alternatives.
AU  - Colas,T
AU  - de,Rham C
AU  - Kaplanek,G
DO  - 05/025
PY  - 2024///
TI  - Decoherence out of fire: purity loss in expanding and contracting universes
T2  - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/05/025
VL  - 2024
ER  -
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