Topological defects and scalar field modes in warped geometries

Abstract:We develop a general framework for investigating the influence of topological defects on the local characteristics of a quantum scalar field in a warped geometry background. The Ricci tensor and curvature scalar are decomposed into contributions from the warp factor, the radial geometry and the angular defect structure. For an arbitrary curvature coupling parameter, the field equation is separated into independent radial, angular and warp-coordinate parts. A complete set of normalized mode functions is obtained for general values of the angular deficit parameters. The general formalism is applied to several specific cases, such as conformally flat warped spacetimes, generalized cosmic strings, global monopoles and anti-de Sitter (AdS)-type warped geometries. The Hadamard two-point function is then evaluated for a global monopole in AdS spacetime using the obtained mode functions.

arXiv:2606.09781 [hep-th]

(or arXiv:2606.09781v1 [hep-th] for this version)

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