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How do quantum collisions reshape particle creation after the Big Bang?

Kimmo Kainulainen, Sami Nurmi, Olli Väisänen

June 1, 2026

After inflation ends, rippling spacetime geometry can create particles—but existing calculations miss crucial collision effects. This work develops a method to include momentum-exchanging interactions in tachyonic instabilities, translating unwieldy quantum equations into solvable kinetic theory. The result should refine reheating dynamics in the early universe.
Published as Tachyonic particle production: quantum 2PI formalism with momentum exchanging collisions arXiv:2606.02039
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