Resonance enhancement of particle production during reheating

Citation
G. Palma et Vh. Cardenas, Resonance enhancement of particle production during reheating, CLASS QUANT, 18(11), 2001, pp. 2233-2241
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
ISSN journal
02649381 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2233 - 2241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(20010607)18:11<2233:REOPPD>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We found a consistent equation of reheating after inflation which shows tha t for small quantum fluctuations the frequencies of resonance are slighted different from the standard ones. Quantum interference is taken into accoun t and we found that at large fluctuations the process mimics very well the usual parametric resonance, but proceeds in a different dynamical way. The analysis is made in a toy quantum mechanical model and we discuss further i ts extension to quantum field theory.