2013/05/26 by Ion I. Cotaescu, Cotaescu, Ion I., Gabriel Pascu +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #gr-qc #math-ph #math.MP #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1305.6027
28 pages no figures
arxiv created 2014/02/17 · arxiv updated 2014/10/07
The action of the discrete symmetries on the scalar mode functions of the de Sitter spacetime is studied. The invariance with respect to a combination of discrete symmetries is put forward as a criterion to select a certain vacuum out of a family of vacua. The implications of the choices for eigenfunctions of various common sets of commuting operators are explored, and the results are compared to the different original choices from the literature that have been utilized in order to exhibit thermal effects.