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A radial variable for de Sitter two-point functions

Loparco, Manuel  
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Qiao, Jiaxin  
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Sun, Zimo
May 21, 2025
SciPost Physics

We introduce a “radial” two-point invariant for quantum field theory in de Sitter (dS) analogous to the radial coordinate used in conformal field theory. We show that the two-point function of a free massive scalar in the Bunch-Davies vacuum has an exponentially convergent series expansion in this variable with positive coefficients only. Assuming a convergent Källén-Lehmann decomposition, this result is then generalized to the two-point function of any scalar operator non-perturbatively. A corollary of this result is that, starting from two-point functions on the sphere, an analytic continuation to an extended complex domain is admissible. dS two-point configurations live inside or on the boundary of this domain, and all the paths traced by analytic continuation between dS and the sphere or between dS and Euclidean Anti-de Sitter are also contained within this domain.

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DOI
10.21468/scipostphys.18.5.164
Author(s)
Loparco, Manuel  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Qiao, Jiaxin  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Sun, Zimo

Princeton University

Date Issued

2025-05-21

Publisher

Stichting SciPost

Published in
SciPost Physics
Volume

18

Issue

5

Article Number

164

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