We consider vacuum polarization from massless scalar electrodynamics in de Sitter inflation. The theory exhibits a 3+1 dimensional analog of the Schwinger mechanism in which a photon mass is… (More)
We study asymptotic dynamics of photons propagating in the polarized vacuum of a locally de Sitter Universe. The origin of the vacuum polarization is fluctuations of a massless, minimally coupled,… (More)
We discuss the properties of a cosmology dominated by a charged scalar field with a repulsive, long-range self-interaction. The interaction, in the form of a vector field with a tiny mass, can have a… (More)
2003 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost I would like to thank Dr. Steve Detweiler, Professor of Physics at the University of Florida, who was my advisor during my graduate studies. He has always been… (More)