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Loop Corrections to Scalar Quintessence Potentials

M. Doran, J. Jaeckel

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0203018

Abstract

The stability of scalar quintessence potentials under quantum fluctuations is investigated for both uncoupled models and models with a coupling to fermions. We find that uncoupled models are usually stable in the late universe. However, the coupling to fermions is severely restricted. We check whether a graviton induced fermion-quintessence coupling is compatible with this restriction.

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