We study quantum gravitational perturbations in the static patch of de Sitter
space. In particular, we determine the symplectic inner product of these
perturbations and use it to write down the graviton two-point function in the
state analogous to the Bunch-Davies vacuum in a certain gauge. We find this
two-point function to be infrared-finite and time-translation invariant.Comment: 17 pages, REVTeX, references correcte
We discuss the quantization of linearized gravity in the background de Sitter spacetime using a gauge-invariant formalism to write the perturbed gravitational field in the static patch. This field is quantized after fixing the gauge completely. The response rate of this field to monochromatic multipole sources is then computed in the thermal equilibrium state with the well known GibbonsHawking temperature. We compare this response rate with the one obtained in the Bunch-Davieslike vacuum state defined in the Poincaré patch. These response rates are found to be the same as expected. This agreement serves as a verification of the infrared finite graviton two-point function in the static patch of de Sitter spacetime found previously.
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