Statistical sum in the CFT driven cosmology

TL;DR

This paper applies a path integral technique to compute the one-loop quantum corrections in a conformal field theory-driven cosmological model, providing insights into initial conditions and the semiclassical approximation validity.

Contribution

It introduces a method to calculate the one-loop preexponential factor in CFT-driven cosmology, analyzing background instantons with oscillating scale factors.

Findings

Analytical and numerical estimates of the prefactor for various conformal fields.

Validation of semiclassical expansion for the studied instantons.

Insights into initial conditions related to the cosmological constant problem.

Abstract

The path integration technique recently developed for the statistical sum of the microcanonical ensemble in cosmology is applied to the calculation of the one-loop preexponential factor in the cosmological model generated by a conformal field theory with a large number of quantum species -- the model of initial conditions possibly related to the resolution of the cosmological constant and landscape problems. The result is obtained for the family of background cosmological instantons with one oscillation of the FRW scale factor. The magnitude of the prefactor is analytically and numerically estimated for fields of various spins conformally coupled to gravity, which justifies the validity of semiclassical expansion for this family of cosmological instantons.